淺談單數可數名詞前不用冠詞的幾種情況

英語中單數可數名詞出現時,通常要在其前加冠詞或其他限定詞對其進行修飾,但在某些情況下,單數可數名詞可以單獨出現,既不需要加冠詞,也不需要加其他限定詞修飾。現對中學英語教材中出現的單數可數名詞前不用冠詞的幾種情況概述如下:

一、連系動詞turn(變成)后跟作表語的單數名詞前習慣上不加冠詞。如:

The young man has turned singer.

二、單數可數名詞用作同位語,賓語補足語,主語補足語或表語時,如果表示的是職位、官銜等職務時,其前通常不加冠詞。如:

He was elected monitor.

Mr. White is captain of the team.

三、在以by引起的表示交通的短語時,其前通常不加冠詞。如:

They came here by bike.

四、表示季節、球類、一日三餐、星期、月份以及節日,其前不加冠詞。如:

Trees turn green in spring.

We often have breakfast at 6:00 in the morning.

Tom likes to play basketball.

“What day is today?” “Its Monday.”

“Whats the date today?” “Its December 25th—Christmas Day.”

五、在稱呼語(如:father, nurse, teacher,doctor, professor)等單數可數名詞前一般不用冠詞。如:

Here you are, Mother.

The job was very important to father and me.

六、在“a kind/sort/type of”這一結構后的單數可數名詞前,一般不加冠詞。如:

Is this kind of watch made in Shanghai?

七、兩個或兩個以上的單數可數名詞由and, in, between, to, from, till, after等介詞或連詞連接的兩個相同的成對的或關系密切的名詞前一般不加冠詞。如:

They work day and night.

Mr. Smith would talk to his son face to face.

八、單數可數名詞被用來指它本身,或者表示國籍時,其前通常不加冠詞。如:

“Are you Japanese?” “No, I am Chinese.”

九、在“go/come to…和in/at…”的搭配中,表示不確切地點的名詞前通常不加冠詞。如:

His mother is in hospital. He must go to look after her.

Jim and I go to school on foot every day.

十、當單數可數名詞作表語且又被enough,no等修飾時其前通常不加冠詞。如:

He is teacher enough to work out the problem.

Li Leis sister is no writer.

十一、man表示人類或男人的總稱時;woman表示婦女的總稱時,其前一般不加冠詞。如:

Man will conquer(戰勝,征服) nature.

(人定勝天。)

Woman should have equal(平等) right as man. (男女應當平等。)

十二、在一些固定短語中,單數名詞前一般不加冠詞。如:

in prison(坐牢), on earth(究竟), in fact(事實上), inplaceof(代替), takeplace(發生), onfoot(步行), inline(排隊,與……一致), forexample(例如), atschool(在校學習), gotobed(睡覺), handinhand(手拉手), facetoface(面對面)等。

十三、在一個以“普通名詞+as”開始的讓步狀語從句中,這個單數名詞前通常不用冠詞。如:

Child as he is, he knows a lot of knowledge.