the [surname] family
用“the + 姓氏 + family”表示“某一家(人)”。
The Jennings family lives next door.
詹宁斯一家住在隔壁。
詹宁斯
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
詹宁斯
a surname
The Jennings family lives next door.
詹宁斯一家住在隔壁。
Jennings left an umbrella in my car.
詹宁斯把一把伞落在我的车里了。
I told Jennings about the meeting tomorrow.
我告诉詹宁斯明天开会的事。
The Jennings family is going on vacation next week.
詹宁斯一家下周要去度假。
用“the + 姓氏 + family”表示“某一家(人)”。
The Jennings family lives next door.
詹宁斯一家住在隔壁。
named 接姓氏,用于说明这个人的姓氏。
A person named Jennings won the prize.
一个叫詹宁斯的人获得了奖项。
Not this
I talked to jennings yesterday.
Use this
I talked to Jennings yesterday.
姓氏是专有名词,首字母必须大写。句中的 Jennings 指人名,因此 J 要大写。
Not this
The Jennings is our math teacher.
Use this
Jennings is our math teacher.
指单个姓 Jennings 的人时,姓氏前不能加 the;可以说 Mr./Ms. Jennings,也可以直接用 Jennings。the Jennings 只能指一家人且谓语用复数。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
詹宁斯一家
The Jennings family lives next door to us.
詹宁斯一家住在我们隔壁。
詹宁斯先生
Mr. Jennings is my son's teacher.
詹宁斯先生是我儿子的老师。
一个叫詹宁斯的人
A man named Jennings asks for you every day.
一个叫詹宁斯的人每天都来找你。
詹宁斯的住宅
The dinner party took place at the Jennings residence.
晚宴在詹宁斯的住宅举行。
Use Jennings naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
发音像“珍宁斯”:珍宝“珍”加安宁“宁”,再加“斯”,记住姓氏詹宁斯。
语域:neutral 常见场景:姓名、人物介绍 作为姓氏,通常没有明显的正式或口语倾向,多用于指代人;日常与正式场合都比较自然。
Jennings 的重音在第一个音节,读作 /ˈdʒɛnɪŋz/。常见的完全押韵词很少;上面这些 -nings 词(innings, winnings, mornings, warnings, evenings)都带有同样的末尾音节 /nɪŋz/,但重读元音不同,所以只算音节相近,不算严格押韵。Penny 拼写里的 -enn- 与 Jennings 的 -enn- 相同,读音也有 /ɛn/,但末尾完全不同。另外像 genius /ˈdʒiːniəs/、jeans /dʒiːnz/ 这类 gen-/jea- 开头的词看似和 Jennings 相似,实际读音差别很大。
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