英语单词学习:不可数名词

  1 专有名词

  单个单词形式的专有名词无复数,不与冠词连用;由普通名词构成的专有名词前用定冠词。

  例如: China has a longer history than the United States.

  2 学科名词和物质名词

  学科名词与物质名词表泛指时,不用冠词。

  例如: My brother likes physics while I like chemistry.

  3 抽象名词

  表泛指意义的抽象名词或用在介词之后的抽象名词,不可数,不与冠词连用。

  抽象名词表具体意义或被某一(些)形容词修饰,与不定冠词连用。

  Failure is the mother of success.

  Dictionary is a great help to many people.

  be of (some/much/little/no/great) + 少数几个抽象名词,如 value,help,use,importance 意同“be + 该抽象名词的形容词形式”。

  It is said that tomorrow’s meeting is of much importance.

  (比较:It is said that tomorrow‘s meeting is very important.)

  掌握某些名词永不用复数形式,永不与不定冠词 a/an 连用。

  fun,luck,news,information,progress,equipment,furniture,practice,advice,clothing,homework,housework,medicine,grass,rice,wealth,health,gold,earth(土),ham,luggage,baggage,money