epicure

grammar · medium

易错句子He is epicure. He knows every good restaurant in town.

正确表达He is an epicure. He knows every good restaurant in town.

汉语说“他是美食家”时名词前没有冠词，所以学习者容易直接省略。但 epicure 是可数名词单数，作表语时前面必须加不定冠词；又因它以元音音素开头，要用 an 而不是 a。

grammar · medium

易错句子She is one of the most famous epicure in Paris.

正确表达She is one of the most famous epicures in Paris.

“one of the + 最高级 + 名词”这一结构中，名词必须用复数，因为“其中之一”意味着整体不止一个。汉语名词没有单复数变化，容易漏掉词尾 -s；epicure 的复数形式是 epicures。

grammar · medium

易错句子My uncle is an epicure — he can eat four bowls of noodles at one sitting.

正确表达My uncle is an epicure — he takes real pleasure in fine food and wine.

epicure 指讲究饮食、从美食美酒中获得乐趣的人，重点在“品味”而非“食量”。汉语常把“爱吃、吃得多”和“吃得讲究”混在一起，所以用 epicure 时后面应说明对精美饮食的鉴赏，而不是描述吃得多；要表达“食量大”可用 glutton 等词。