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英语中单数可数名词出现时,通常要在其前加冠词或其他限定词对其进行修饰,但在某些情况下,单数可数名词可以单独出现,既不需要加冠词,也不需要加其他限定词修饰。现对中学英语教材中出现的单数可数名词前不用冠词的几种情况概述如下:
一、连系动词turn(变成)后跟作表语的单数名词前习惯上不加冠词。如:
The young man has turned singer.
二、单数可数名词用作同位语,宾语补足语,主语补足语或表语时,如果表示的是职位、官衔等职务时,其前通常不加冠词。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语时,其前通常不加冠词。如:
They came here by bike.
四、表示季节、球类、一日三餐、星期、月份以及节日,其前不加冠词。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?” “It’s Monday.”
“What’s the date today?” “It’s December 25th—Christmas Day.”
五、在称呼语(如:father, nurse, teacher,doctor, professor)等单数可数名词前一般不用冠词。如:
Here you are, Mother.
The job was very important to father and me.
六、在“a kind/sort/type of”这一结构后的单数可数名词前,一般不加冠词。如:
Is this kind of watch made in Shanghai?
七、两个或两个以上的单数可数名词由and, in, between, to, from, till, after等介词或连词连接的两个相同的成对的或关系密切的名词前一般不加冠词。如:
They work day and night.
Mr. Smith would talk to his son face to face.
八、单数可数名词被用来指它本身,或者表示国籍时,其前通常不加冠词。如:
“Are you Japanese?” “No, I am Chinese.”
九、在“go/come to…和in/at…”的搭配中,表示不确切地点的名词前通常不加冠词。如:
His mother is in hospital. He must go to look after her.
Jim and I go to school on foot every day.
十、当单数可数名词作表语且又被enough,no等修饰时其前通常不加冠词。如:
He is teacher enough to work out the problem.
Li Lei’s sister is no writer.
十一、man表示人类或男人的总称时;woman表示妇女的总称时,其前一般不加冠词。如:
Man will conquer(战胜,征服) nature.
(人定胜天。)
Woman should have equal(平等) right as man. (男女应当平等。)
十二、在一些固定短语中,单数名词前一般不加冠词。如:
in prison(坐牢), on earth(究竟), in fact(事实上), inplaceof(代替), takeplace(发生), onfoot(步行), inline(排队,与……一致), forexample(例如), atschool(在校学习), gotobed(睡觉), handinhand(手拉手), facetoface(面对面)等。
十三、在一个以“普通名词+as”开始的让步状语从句中,这个单数名词前通常不用冠词。如:
Child as he is, he knows a lot of knowledge.
一、连系动词turn(变成)后跟作表语的单数名词前习惯上不加冠词。如:
The young man has turned singer.
二、单数可数名词用作同位语,宾语补足语,主语补足语或表语时,如果表示的是职位、官衔等职务时,其前通常不加冠词。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语时,其前通常不加冠词。如:
They came here by bike.
四、表示季节、球类、一日三餐、星期、月份以及节日,其前不加冠词。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?” “It’s Monday.”
“What’s the date today?” “It’s December 25th—Christmas Day.”
五、在称呼语(如:father, nurse, teacher,doctor, professor)等单数可数名词前一般不用冠词。如:
Here you are, Mother.
The job was very important to father and me.
六、在“a kind/sort/type of”这一结构后的单数可数名词前,一般不加冠词。如:
Is this kind of watch made in Shanghai?
七、两个或两个以上的单数可数名词由and, in, between, to, from, till, after等介词或连词连接的两个相同的成对的或关系密切的名词前一般不加冠词。如:
They work day and night.
Mr. Smith would talk to his son face to face.
八、单数可数名词被用来指它本身,或者表示国籍时,其前通常不加冠词。如:
“Are you Japanese?” “No, I am Chinese.”
九、在“go/come to…和in/at…”的搭配中,表示不确切地点的名词前通常不加冠词。如:
His mother is in hospital. He must go to look after her.
Jim and I go to school on foot every day.
十、当单数可数名词作表语且又被enough,no等修饰时其前通常不加冠词。如:
He is teacher enough to work out the problem.
Li Lei’s sister is no writer.
十一、man表示人类或男人的总称时;woman表示妇女的总称时,其前一般不加冠词。如:
Man will conquer(战胜,征服) nature.
(人定胜天。)
Woman should have equal(平等) right as man. (男女应当平等。)
十二、在一些固定短语中,单数名词前一般不加冠词。如:
in prison(坐牢), on earth(究竟), in fact(事实上), inplaceof(代替), takeplace(发生), onfoot(步行), inline(排队,与……一致), forexample(例如), atschool(在校学习), gotobed(睡觉), handinhand(手拉手), facetoface(面对面)等。
十三、在一个以“普通名词+as”开始的让步状语从句中,这个单数名词前通常不用冠词。如:
Child as he is, he knows a lot of knowledge.