[例] Happy birthday, Peter, and many happy return of the day!
[析] Many happy returns of the day! 是一句固定的生日祝语,相当于汉语的“祝你年年有今日,岁岁有今朝!”returns 在此处便是约定俗成的用法。
除这一结构外,像shake hands with (= shake sb’s hand), make friends with和change seats / trains / buses等常用的结构,及thanks, cheers, congratulations, things(情况), affairs, feelings, as follows(如下), in tears, in ruins, in pieces, in chains(被囚禁), in high spirits, in one’s teens / twenties, in the 1990’s (或in the 1990s), into halves, good manners, give one’s regards / best wishes to, make contributions to, make preparations for等,也都是常用或只用复数的名词式。
三、纯粹不可数名词的使用
[例] I’m glad you have made such a great progress that...
[析] 在英语中,有些名词, 如advice(建议), news, information, fun, weather, progress, homework, housework等,无论在什么情况下都是不可数的,所以这些词没有复数形式,也不可把其与不定冠词连用。可见,such a great progress 使用有误(须改为such great progress)。再例: She was doing her homeworks one Sunday morning when she smelt something burning. 由于homework为不可数名词,所以,作业再多,也无复数。
四、转义名词的考查热点
[例] When you finish reading the book, you will have ______ better understanding of ______ life
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