1. 表泛指的不可數(shù)名詞或復(fù)數(shù)名詞前。如:
Snow was failing. 正在下雪。
Children get a better education today than at any time in the past. 現(xiàn)今孩子們受的比過去任何時(shí)候都好。
2. 倒裝的讓步狀語從句中:在as(雖然)引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句前面的單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞前不用冠詞。如:
Child as he was, he knew how to help others. 他雖是個(gè)孩子,但已如何幫助別人。
3. 某些特殊詞前:例如在man(人,人類), word(消息)的前面不用冠詞。如:
Man is a rational animal. 人是理性的動(dòng)物。
Word came that he had married again. 有消息說,他又結(jié)婚了。
又如動(dòng)詞 turn(變成),go(變成)后作表語的名詞前通常用不用冠詞。如:
He was a teacher before he turned writer. 他在成為作家之前是。
4. 獨(dú)立主格結(jié)構(gòu)中:在表示伴隨或補(bǔ)充說明用用的獨(dú)立主格結(jié)構(gòu)中,名詞前不用冠詞。如:
The teacher came in, book in hand. 走進(jìn)教室,手里拿著書。
He was sitting in the chair, pipe in mouth. 他坐在椅子里,嘴里叼著煙斗。
5. “(a) kind [sort] of+名詞”結(jié)構(gòu)的“名詞”前:該結(jié)構(gòu)中的“名詞”不管是單數(shù)還是復(fù)數(shù),其前都通常用零冠詞。如:
This kind of book is very interesting. 這種書很有趣。
He is the sort of person I really dislike. 他這種人我真不喜歡。
6. 表抽象意義的單數(shù)名詞前:當(dāng)單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞含義抽象化具有形容詞意味時(shí),通常用零冠詞。如:
I was fool enough to accept his offer. 我接受他的提議真是太傻了。
Are you man enough for this dangerous job? 你有勇氣敢做這項(xiàng)危險(xiǎn)的嗎?
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