英语单词变复数规?/p>
1.1
名词复数的规则变?/p>
1.
一般情?/p>
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-s
清辅音后?/p>
/s/ map-maps
浊辅音和元音后读
/z/ bag-bags /car-cars
2.
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s, sh, ch, x
等结?/p>
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-es
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/iz/ bus-buses/ watch-watches
3.
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ce, se, ze,
等结?/p>
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-s
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/iz/ license-licenses
4.
以辅音字?/p>
+y
结尾
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y
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i
再加
es
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/z/ baby---babies
1.2
其它名词复数的规则变?/p>
1
?/p>
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y
结尾的专有名词,或元音字?/p>
+y
结尾的名词变复数时,直接?/p>
s
变复数?/p>
例如?/p>
two Marys
the Henrys
monkey---monkeys
holiday---holidays
2
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o
结尾的名词,变复数时?/p>
a.
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s
,如?/p>
photo---photos
piano---pianos
radio---radios
zoo---zoos
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b.
?/p>
es
,如?/p>
potato--potatoes
tomato--tomatoes
c.
上述
a
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b
两种方法均可,如
zero---zeros / zeroes
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3
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f
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fe
结尾的名词变复数时:
a.
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s
,如?/p>
belief---beliefs
roof---roofs
safe---safes
gulf---gulfs
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b.
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f,fe
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ves
,如?/p>
half---halves
knife---knives
leaf---leaves
wolf---wolves
wife---wives
life---lives
thief---thieves
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c.
上述
a
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b
两种方法均可,如
handkerchief: handkerchiefs / handkerchieves
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1.3
名词复数的不规则变化
1
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child---children
foot---feet
tooth---teeth
mouse---mice
man---men
woman---women
注意:由一个词?/p>
man
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woman
构成的合成词,其复数形式也是
-men
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-women
,如
an Englishman
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two Englishmen
。但
German
不是合成词,故复数形式为
Germans
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Bowman
是姓,其复数?/p>
the Bowmans
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2
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单复同形,如
deer
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sheep
?/p>
fish
?/p>
Chinese
?/p>
Japanese
?/p>
li
?/p>
jin
?/p>
yuan
?/p>
two li
?/p>
three mu
?/p>
four jin
等。但
除人民币的元、角、分外,美元、英镑、法郎等都有复数形式。如?/p>
a dollar, two dollars; a meter, two meters
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3
)集体名词,以单数形式出现,但实为复数。例如:
people
police
cattle
等本身就是复数,
不能?/p>
a people
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a police
?/p>
a cattle
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但可以说
a person
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a policeman
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a head of cattle, the English
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the British
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the French
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the Chinese
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the Japanese
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the Swiss
等名词,表示国民
总称时,作复数用,如
The Chinese are industries and brave.
中国人民是勤劳勇敢的?/p>
4
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s
结尾,仍为单数的名词,如?/p>
a. maths
?/p>
politics
?/p>
physics
等学科名词,一般是不可数名词,为单数?/p>