关于a+n, the+ n,表示一类事物的一些个人想法,请大家讨论
a+n是笼统地指一类事物,在句子的上下文中没有对其限定修饰的成分。例如
OG220220. For almost a hundred years after having its beginning in 1788, England exiled some 160,000 criminals to Australia. (A)For almost a hundred years after having its beginning in 1788, (B)Beginning in 1788 for a period of a hundred years, (C)Beginning a period of almost a hundred years, in 1788 (D)During a hundred years, a period beginning in 1788, (E) (E)Over a period of a hundred years beginning in 1788, a hundred years是个泛指的时间段,D项里对其限定就引起了句子歧义。
the+n. 也表示一类事物,但是有所指,即上下文中可能会有限定修饰成分
163. Found throughout Central and South America, sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs and sleep fifteen hours a day, moving infrequently enough that two species of algae grow on its coat and between its toes.
- sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs and sleep fifteen hours a day, moving infrequently enough
- sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs, they sleep fifteen hours a day, and with such infrequent movements
- sloths use their long rubbery limbs to hang from trees, sleep fifteen hours a day, and move so infrequently
- the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeping fifteen hours a day and moving so infrequently
- the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeps fifteen hours a day, and it moves infrequently enough (D)
这道题中the sloth被限定found throughout C & SA,所以前面用the而没有用a
the+pl.n更始特指某个群体。
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