在英语中,名词有可数名词与不可数名词之分,因而其修饰词也各不相同。由于同学们经常容易混淆这些修饰词,今天小编就将其整理归纳如下:
一、修饰可数名词的常用修饰词有 these, those, few, a few, many, a good/ great many, a good/ great number of等。例如:
Few people would agree with this. 很少人会同意这种看法。
He has a great many friends here. 他在这儿有很多朋友。
注: a good/ great many后直接跟名词,不用介词 of。但是,若其后所接名词有 the, these, my等限定词修饰,则要用介词 of。如: a great many of my friends(我的朋友当中的许多人)。
二、修饰不可数名词的常用修饰词有 this, that, little, a little, a bit of, much, a great deal of, a large amount of等。例如:
I have little time to do it. 我没什么时间来做此事。
He didn't give me much money. 他没给我很多钱。
A great deal of money is spent on research. 研究工作上花了许多钱。
注:在现代英语中, a great amount of后有时也接可数名词,但有许多语法学家反对,学生最好避免使用。
三、有些修饰词既可修饰可数名词也可修饰不可数名词,如: all, some, enough, a lot of, lots of, plenty of, a (large) quantity of等。例如:
You needn't hurry. There's plenty of time. 你不必着急。时间多着哩。
There are plenty of men out of work. 失业的人很多。
We need a quantity of baskets. 我们需要一批篮子。
He put a small quantity of sugar in the milk. 他在牛奶中放了少量的糖。
四、有些名词形式上是复数,但却被用作不可数名词,使用 much, little等修饰词。例如:
He hasn't got much brains. 他没什么头脑。
He took much pains to do the work. 他费了不少心做这工作。
I said I wouldn't want much wages. 我说过我不要很多工资。
It's high time you were taught a little manners. 该是你学一点礼貌的时候了。