小学中学初高中英语常用集体名词汇总大全及用法讲解解析.docx

集体名词:表示一群人或一些事物的总称第一类：形式为单数，从意思上看，可以用为单数或复数表示整体，要用单数；强调组成该集体的个体成员时，谓语动词用复数其用法特点为:若视为整体，表示单数意义;若考虑其个体成员，表示复数意义1、【family(家庭)】His family isn’t large.他家人不多视为整体）His family are all music lovers.他家的人都喜欢音乐考虑到每个成员）2、【class(班)】This class consists of 45 pupils.这个班由45个学生组成.（视为整体，主语为这个班）This class are studying English now.这个班的学生在学习英语3、【government(政府)】The government is planning to build a dam here.政府打算在这里建一座水坝The government are discussing the plan.政府正在讨论这个计划4、【public(公众)】The public was unlikely to support it.公众支持它的可能性不大。

The public were deceived by the newspaper.公众受到报纸的蒙骗另外还有team(队)、audience(听众)等第二类：形式为单数，但表示意义为复数cattle(生，牲畜),people(人),police(警察)等其用法特点为:多作复数看待(只有单数形式)用作主语时谓语用复数，不与 a(n)连用，但可与the连用(表示总括意义和特指)如:People will laugh at you.人们会笑你的The police are looking for him.警察在找他For these many cattle were killed.就因为这个原因宰了不少牲畜注: 表示牲畜的头数，用单位词 head(单复数同形)如: three head of cattle 3头牛第三类：形式为复数，从意义上看也为复数goods(货物)clothes(衣服)等其用法特点是:只有复数形式(当然也表示复数意义，用作主语时谓语也用复数)，但通常不与数词连用如:Such clothes are very expensive.那样的衣服很贵To whom do these goods belong? 这些书是谁的?Clothes dry slowly in the rainy season.衣服在雨季不易干。

Such clothes are very expensive.那样的衣服很贵If goods are not well made you should complain to the manufacturer.如果货物质量不好，则理应向制造商提出控诉第四类：形式为单数，从意义上看也为单数4. baggage/luggage(行李),clothing(衣服),machinery(机器), poetry(诗歌), scenery(风景)，equipment(设备)，information(信息)等其用法特点为:是不可数名词，只用单数形式，不用不定冠词(当然更不能用数词)，没有复数形式如:Our clothing protects us from[against] the cold.我们的衣服可以御寒Have you checked all your baggage? 你所有的行李都托运了吗?The thief stole all her jewelry.小偷把她所有的首饰都偷走了The hospital has no decent equipment.这家医院没有像样的设备The Tang Dynasty is thought of as the high summer of Chinese poetry.人们认为唐朝是中国诗歌的全盛时期.特别提醒: machinery, poetry, jewelry, scenery 相应的个体可数名词是 machine, poem,jewel, scene。

如: apoem /a piece of poetry 一首诗，many machines /much machinery /many pieces of machinery 许多机器.第五类：其他集合名词1.hair(头发，毛发)指全部头发或毛发时，为集合名词(不可数);指几根头发或毛发时，为个体名词(可数)如:My hair has grown very long.我的头发已长得很长了The police found two hairs there.警察在那儿找到了两根头发2.mankind(人类)是一个不可数的集合名词，不用复数形式，也不连用冠词如:This is an invention that benefits mankind.这是一项造福人类的发明Mankind has its own problems.人类有自己的问题特别提醒mankind 表示“人(类)”时，虽不可数，但有时却可以表示复数意义，尤其是当其表语是复数时如:mankind are intelligent animals.人是理智的动物3. fruit(水果)作为集合名词，它通常是不可数的如:He doesn't not eat much fruit.他不大吃水果。

He is growing fruit in the country.他在农村种水果但是，当要表示种类时，它可视为可数名词，即：a fruit 指一种水果，fruits 指多种水果例如：Some fruits have thick skins.有些水果皮很厚The potato is a vegetable,not a fruit.土豆是一种蔬菜，而不是一种水果第 5 页 共 5 页。