不可数名词是指不能以数目来计算,不可以分成个体的概念、状态、品质、感情或表示物质材料的东西;它一般没有复数形式,只有单数形式,它的前面不能用不定冠词a / an ,若要表示它的个体意义时,必须与一个名词短语连用,相当于中文里的【一 +(量词)+ 名词】,其中的量词意义依与具体的名词搭配而定。例如: a piece of bread[ cake(蛋糕), paper(纸), thread(线), cloth(布),furniture(家具), coal(煤), news(新闻), advice(意见), information(信息), work(工作), meat(肉) ] 一块面包[ 一块蛋糕、一张纸、一根线、…… ] an item of information 一则情报 a burst of applause 一阵掌声 a fit of anger 一顿脾气 a slip of paper 一张纸条 a length of cloth 一段布料 a cake of soap 一块肥皂 a tube of tooth-paste 一条牙膏 a bottle of ink 一瓶墨水 它在句子中作主语时,句子的谓语也只用单数形式。例如: Water is a liquid .水是液体。
1、最常见的不可数名词有:advice,
baggage,
change(零钱),
furniture,
hair,
homework,
information,
knowledge,
luggage,
money,
news,
progress,
traffic
2、其它不可数名词还有:absence,
age,
anger,
courage,
energy,
equipment,
experience,
failure,
fear,
food,
fun,
health,
ice,
industry,
kindness,
labour,
luck,
marriage,
music,
nature,
paper,
peace,
pleasure,
power,
pride,
rain,
research,
respect,
safety,
salt,
sand,
silence,
sleep,
strength,
snow,
technology,
time,
trade,
transport,
travel,
trust,
truth,
waste,
water,
wealth,
weather,
wind,
work(工作)