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什麼是不定冠詞

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下面是本站小編整理的一些關於不定冠詞的用法,歡迎大家閱讀!

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  不定冠詞的類別用法

1.除表示某一類人或事物外,用在作補足語和同位語的名詞之前,泛指某人的職業、階級等。例如:

Mr Zhang is considered(to be)an excellent English teacher.

Wang Ling,amaths teacher,is to give us a lecture tomorrow.

但如果這一職位在一個時期內只由一個擔任或表示稱號、頭銜時,則不用冠詞。例如:

In 1860,Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States.

2.在名詞帶有一個描繪性定語時用不定冠詞。例如:

I’m going to borrow’a French novel to read.(描繪性不定式)

A certain boy saw a big dog run out of the gate last Sunday.(描繪性形容詞。常在講故事時用, 表明講故事的人心中的具體人,但尚未告訴人們是誰)

  不定冠詞的指量用法

1. 不定冠詞除表示“一個”(I’ll be back in a day or two.)及“每一”(Take the medicine th ree times a day)的意義之外,在“of+a+名詞”的結構中,表示“同一”、“相同”之意。例如:

Comrade Li and I are nearly of an age.老李跟我年齡大致相同。

My elder brother’s shoes and mine are of a size.我哥哥的鞋跟我的一樣大小(一個號)。

2.a與One同源。但強調數目概念時用“One”,並要重讀。例如:

There’s only'one way to go.

No'one boy can carry it.

試比較:

I have a picture book.(並非強調一本)

I have'One picture book.(只有一本,沒有兩本、三本)。

  特殊含義

1.用在一些表示動作的名詞(reat,walk,look,try,sleep,breath…)之前表示“一次”、“一下”、“ 一會兒”等。例如:

Let’s have a rest.

He made a second try.

After looking round,he decided to have a look upstairs.

2.表示“一種”、“一類”。例如:

“You don’t understand,”said Joe,a cruel light shining in hiseyes.“你不懂,”喬說,眼睛裏 閃着(一種)兇狠的光。

As a child,he had to make a living.

3.表示風、雨等的“一陣”。例如:

An hour later,he was woken up by a violent knocking on his door.

That’s why we are most likely to see worms after a heavy rain.

4.表示“某種程度”。例如:

China has a population of over one billion.

A Frenchman had caught a very bad cold.

He seemed to be in a fever.

5.表示飲料的“一份”、“一種”。例如:

Mao-tai is a famous Chinese wine.

I want a black coffee.

  不定冠詞的其他用法

1.常用在quite,few,rather,many,half,such,what等詞之後。例如:

He is rather a fool.

What a wonderful film you have seen.

He has been to Lanzhow many a time.(=many times)

又如:half an hour,quite a big…

2.常用在so(as,too,how)+形容詞之後。例如:

She is as clever a girl as you wish to meet.

It’s too difficult a lesson for us to understand.

We have not had so cold a day as this for many weeks.

How fine a day it is!