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名词复数的特殊意义

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英语名词有单数和复数之分。单数表示一个人或事物;复数表示多于一个的人或事物。
但也有一些名词复数在使用时载有特殊意义。具体如下:
一、表示时间的名词复数在不与数词连用的情况下,表示"多",常译为"几","多……","数……"等。例如:
The disease has been killing thousands of children for centuries.几个世纪以来,数以千计的儿童死于这一疾博
I haven't seen him for months.我已数月没见过他了。
二、表示人名的名词复数与the连用表示"夫妇"或"一家人"。例如:
The Curies had also succeeded in isolating a second rayshooting element-polonium.居里夫妇也成功地分离出第二个放射性元素---钋。
Among those present are his neighbours: the Hendersons,the Weiss's and the Harlowes.来客中有他的邻居:亨德森一家,韦斯一家,还有哈洛一家。
三、表示"20-90"间的整十数的复数与 the连用,表示"几十年代"。例如:
This was not during the Depression;this was in the late sixties and early seventies.这并不是发生在经济大萧条时期的事,而是发生在六十年代末七十年代初。

At the time I was nineteen,had long untidy hair,and regarded myself as part of the sixties'"youth counterculture".当时我年方十九,留一头蓬乱的头发,自以为是六十年代"青年反主流文化"的一员。
四、表示"20-90"之间的整十数的复数与one's连用,表示"……多岁"。例如:
George Burns,an American comedian,is now in his nineties.美国喜剧作家乔治.彭斯现在九十多岁了。
He became a famous lawyer when he was in his thirties.他在三十多岁时成了一名著名的律师。
五、有些名词的复数形式有两种或两种以上的词义,在翻译时应根据上下文作出正确的理解,不可一概译为单数词义。例如:
Mind your manners at the party.宴会时要注意礼貌。
He knows a lot about Victorian manners.他很了解维多利亚时代的风俗。
She dropped and broke two glasses.她摔碎了两个玻璃杯。

I need glasses when I read.我阅读的时候需要眼镜。
Do you believe in spirits?你相信灵魂吗?
Your friendly letter raised my spirits.你亲切的来信使我精神为之一振。
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