抽象名词具体化用法小结

抽象名词具体化用法小结

有些抽象名词前加不定冠词可表达具体意义，表示“令人。。。。。。的人或事”，这样用法的名词又可分为以下三种情况:

一．抽象名词前加不定冠词表示对某种情况的感受，这类名词本身就是表示人的感觉类的形容词的名词形式：

joy, delight ,sorrow,shock, pity ,shame, pleasure, comfort, relief, disappointment, etc.

例如：

The news that out team won the match is a delight to everybody.

我们队赢得了比赛的消息是一件让每个人都高兴的事。

That he stole the necklace was a shame to his family.

他偷项链的事令他的家人感到耻辱。

It’s a relief that his health is picking up now.

他的健康状况正在好转是一件令人宽慰的事。

What a pity it is that you should miss the party this weekend！

你不能参加周末的聚会真令人感到遗憾！

二．有一些抽象名词在有修饰限定成分的情况下表示具体意义，这类名词有：

history, knowledge, experience, help, danger, failure,etc.

Chica is an ancient civilized country with a history of over 5000 years.

中国是一个拥有五千多年历史的文明古国。

Living on a deserted island for a night can be quite an experience.

在荒岛上度过一晚会是一次特别的经历。

A knowledge of English is a must for young people today.

对于现在的年轻人来说英语知识的掌握是一个必备条件。

Having an English-Chinese dictionary at hand is a great help to the learners of English in China. 手头有一本英汉字典对中国的英语学习者来说是很大的帮助。

三．有些抽象名词前加不定冠词既可以指人又可以指物，例如success ,failure,etc.

The experiment turned out to be a great success.

这个实验结果很成功。

She turned out to be a success at marketing .

后来她成了营销业的成功人士。

Everybody wants to be a success;that is to say, nobody wants tobe a failure.

人人都想要成功，那也就是说，没有人想要失败。