pp-2-61

waterwa

61. Because of the complexity of modern society, it is

   not _________ that many of the games ordinary people

   play are solitary games.

                 surprises  

                 surprised at  

                 surprising  

                 surprise  

答案C surprising adj.令人惊讶的

可是D 为什么不对呀surprise 有：n.惊奇, 诧异, 惊人之事, 奇袭
vt.使惊奇, 奇袭  adj.令人惊讶的

zhoushao

若是surprise 做名词是可数的，就得加冠词，而题中是没有的，单数名词不能单独存在

waterwa

surprise 作形容词呢？它形容词的意思和surprsing是一样的，是adj.令人惊讶的

likui

surpise没有adj的用法，可查阅longman

friend_friend

先看下面这个例句:

It is not a surprise that she will be take by surprise at the surprise party which is supposed to surprise her.

大家看看, 这一句里, 四个SURPRISE各是什么词性. 现在我去上班, 回头回来解释.

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-11-2 9:31:35编辑过]

iceoolong

我来试着猜一下啊，第一个应该是可数名词，第二个是不可数名词，意思都是惊奇之类的，第三个很明显是形容词，第四个是动词，感觉楼主的问题原因在于只有suprising可以做表语吧，我猜得，高手来给个正确答案吧！

zhoushao

以下是引用friend_friend在2004-11-1 21:05:00的发言：

先看下面这个例句:

It is not a surprise that she will be take by surprise at the surprise party which is supposed to surprise her.

大家看看, 这一句里, 四个SURPRISE各是什么词性. 现在我去上班, 回头回来解释.

GG,你真厉害

surprise确实有不可数名词一说，当表示

▶FEELING◀
[uncountable and countable]the feeling you have when something unexpected or unusual happens
ￚsee also shockThe man had a look of surprise on his face

好像一般用可数，因为查的大部分是可数

但后面那个是词组

take/catch somebody by surprise
to happen unexpectedly
The question took her by surprise.

take somebody/something by surprise
to suddenly attack a place or an opponent when they are not ready
The guerrillas were killed when army troops took them by surprise.

第三个偶认为是名词，名词也有形容词作用，起解释修饰作用

第四个是动词

friend_friend

zhoushao MM和iceoolong(GG or MM)都说的不错. 一般而言, surprise做可数名词和动词用. 但是, 语言是很活的东西, 常有些例外情况出现.

1. 第一个是可数名词不用讲了.

2. 先更正一个typo, 在例句里应该是taken. "take sb by surprise"的意思zhoushao MM已经解释得很清楚了. 在surprise表示表情,感情,情绪,状态等抽象概念时, 它是用做不可数名词的. 比如说: Zhoushao shouted in surprise when she ran into Tom Crusie on the street.

3. 第三个把它理解成形容词或名词都对. 或者, 更准确地说, 是名词用做形容词. 如: surprise news, surprise anouncement. 举几个更明显的名词用做形容词的例子: phone book, house key, finger nail. 有的组合固定为一个词, 如: football, sunshine, bookshelf, notebook. 注意: waterwa提到的形容词只能是在这种情况下, surprise不能以形容词词性做表语.

4. 第四个很简单, 是做动词.

希望这些解释回答了waterwa的问题.

waterwa

谢谢各位！