uncountable + noun
uncountable 作定语时,常与名词连用。
Water is an uncountable noun.
水是一个不可数名词。
数不清的;无数的;多到无法计数的;无法与自然数或其任何子集一一对应的;不能与数字或不定冠词自由搭配,通常没有复数形式的;无数的
Referring to a noun that cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article and usually has no plural form.
语法用语,常修饰名词,如 information。
多到无法计数的
So many as to be incapable of being counted.
无法与自然数或其任何子集一一对应的
Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.
不能与数字或不定冠词自由搭配,通常没有复数形式的
That cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and therefore usually takes no plural form. Example: information.
In English, 'furniture' is an uncountable noun, so we cannot say 'a furniture'.
在英语中,furniture 是不可数名词,所以我们不能说 a furniture。
用法提示:uncountable 在此作定语形容词,修饰名词 noun,表示该名词在语法上不可数。
Please check the dictionary to see whether 'advice' is uncountable in this context.
请查一下词典,看看 advice 在这个语境中是否不可数。
用法提示:uncountable 作表语,说明 advice 属于不可数名词。
The teacher explained that 'money' is uncountable and takes a singular verb.
老师解释说,money 是不可数名词,谓语动词用单数。
用法提示:uncountable 作表语,表示 money 不可数;其后 takes 用单数形式印证其不可数性。
uncountable 作定语时,常与名词连用。
Water is an uncountable noun.
水是一个不可数名词。
uncountable 作表语时,表示数量巨大。
The resources are uncountable.
这些资源是数不清的。
an uncountable number of 是固定短语,强调数量极多。
An uncountable number of stars fill the sky.
无数的星星布满了天空。
grammar · medium
易错句子The uncountable of people were there.
正确表达Uncountable people were there.
“uncountable”是形容词,不能作名词后接“of”,应直接修饰名词。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are uncountable more stars.
正确表达There are uncountably more stars.
“uncountable”是形容词,不能修饰比较级;应用副词“uncountably”。
innumerable 强调数量极大以至于无法计数,而 uncountable 除了表示数量多,还用于语法中指不可数名词。
countless 通常用于夸张语气,强调数量多得数不过来,比 uncountable 更口语化。
infinite 指没有边界或尽头,而 uncountable 指有限但数量极大。
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