英语a/an的用法我看英语字典上是《A English-Chinese Dictionary》中的—A—为什么不用AN
英语a/an的用法
我看英语字典上是《A English-Chinese Dictionary》中的—A—为什么不用AN
A,E,I,O,U是元音,其余都是辅音。元音前规定用A。
a 是元音
an 是元音的辅音
后面 没有元音就用 a
有元音就用 an
元音字母是指语言里起着发声作用的字母,是为元音字母。元音又作“元音”在拉丁字母中,A、E、I、O、U通常都是元音字母.
辅音字母是一个和元音字母相对的条目,所有非元音字母的,就是辅音字母.
音素:人说话的声音是由若干单个的音组成的,即使是一个很短的字、词也是由一定的读音组成的。英语把组成一个读音的最小单位叫音素
不定冠词a(an)的用法
A. 不定冠词a(an)用于单数可数名词前。a用于辅音字母开始的词前;an用于元音字母开始的词前。如:a girl an English book
B. 不定冠词用来表示类别,指某一类人或某一类事物中的一个(泛指)。如:
His father is a doctor. I work in a middle school in Beijing.
C. 不定冠词用于单数可数名词前,可以表示其全类(泛指)。如:
An English teacher teaches the students how to learn English.
a用于辅音前;an用于元音前。一般说来,元音字母发元音,辅音字母发辅音,但需请注意以下3点:1. 拼写以辅音字母开头读音却以元音开头的单词hour, honest, honor等单词的拼写虽然以辅音字母h开头,但其读音却以元音开头,因此,前面要用等单词的拼写虽然以辅音字母an。可熟记下面这句话:An hour ago, an honest man accepted an honorable task. (一小时前,一位诚实的人接受了一项光荣的任务。)
2. 拼写以元音字母开头读音却以辅音开头的单词useful, university, usual, European, united, one-eyed, one-way等单词的拼写虽然以元音字母开头,但其读音却以元音开头,因此,前面要用a等单词的拼写虽然以元音字母开头,但其读音却以元。可熟记下面这句话:In a university, a European and a one-eyed man walk along a one-way road with a usual tool. This is a usual thing. (在一所大学里,有一个欧洲人和一个独眼龙拿着有用的工具沿着一条单行道行走,这是件平常的事。)如:
Five years ago her brother was ________ university student of ________ physics. (上海卷))
A. a; the B. an; the C. an; / D. a; /
【分析】答案选D。因为university是以辅音[j]开头的要用a,排除B和C;physics是学科名词,前面不用冠词。
3. 英文字母前用a还是用an的问题在26个英文字母中,a, e, i, o, f, h, l, m, n, r, s, x等12个字母的读音是以元音开头的,其余字母则是以辅音开头的。如:
Please pay attention to your spelling. You have dropped ________ ”m” here. (全国卷)
A. an B. the C. / D. a
【分析】答案选A。因为字母答案选m的发音是以元音[e]开头的,所以用an;这里的an的意义与one相当,表示“一个”。
a用在以辅音字母开头,或以读做辅音的元音字母开头的单词前面:
a man一个男人
a university一所大学
a hat一顶帽子
a European一个欧洲人
a one-way street一条单行马路
an用在以元音字母(a,e,i,o,u)开头,或以不发音的h字母开头的单词前面:
an apple一个苹果
an island一个岛
an uncle一位大叔
an onion一个洋葱
an egg一个鸡蛋
an hour一小时
an还用在发音以元音开头的单个字母前面:
an L-plate一块“实习驾驶”车牌
an MP一个国会*
an SOS一个呼救信号
an‘x’一个x字母、X形的东西或未知数
a/an没有性的变化:
a man一个男人
a woman一个女人
an actor一个男演员
an actress一个女演员
a table一张桌子
a/an不用在以下几种情况下:
A 复数名词之前:
a/an没有复数形式,所以a dog的复数是dogs,an egg的复数是eggs.
B 不可数名词之前(参见第13节):
C 三餐名称之前,但这些名称前加形容词时除外:
We have breakfast at eight.
我们8点钟吃早饭.
He gave us a good breakfast.
他请我们吃了一顿丰盛的早餐.
为了庆祝某事或特意为某人而举行的宴会之前要用冠词:
I was invited to dinner(at their house, in the ordinary way).
他们邀请我吃饭(在他们家吃便饭).
但是说:
I was invited to a dinner given to welcome the new ambassador.
我被邀请参加欢迎新任大使的宴会.
A a/an和one(形容词)
1 计算时间、测量距离或重量等时,a/an或one可以用于单数的前面:
£l=a/one pound一英镑
£ 1,000,000= a/one million pounds 100万英镑
(参见第三十六章.)
但是,请注意:
The rent is £ 100 a week.
房租为每星期100英镑.
这个句子中week前面的a不能用one代替.(参见第2节F.)
在其他类型的陈述句中a/an和one通常不能互换,因为one+名词通常意为 one only/not more than one(只有一个),而a/an则没有这个意思:
A shotgun is no good.
猎枪不行.(这种武器不合适.)
One shotgun is no good.
一枝猎枪不行.(我需要两枝或三枝.)
2 one的特殊用法
(a) one(形容词/代词)与 another/others对照连用:
One(boy)wanted to read,another/others wanted to watch TV.一个(男孩)想看书,另一个/别的男孩们想看电视.(参见第53节.)
One day he wanted his lunch early, another day he wanted it late.
他一天要早点吃午饭,另一天又要晚点吃午饭.
(b) one可以用在 day/week/month/year/summer/winter等词之前,或者用在日期或月份的名称之前,以特指某事发生的时间:
One night there was a terrible storm.
一天晚上有一场特大的风暴.
One winter the snow fell early.
有一年冬天雪下得早.
On e day a telgram arrived.
有一天来了一封电报.
(c) one day也可用来表示 at some future date(将来有一天):One day you’ll be sorry you treated him so badly.(这里也可用someday.)
终有一天你会因为待他这么不好而后悔的.
(关于one和you,参见第68节.)
B a/an和one(代词)
one是可以用来代替a/an的相应的代词形式:
-Did you get a ticket?
-Yes,I managed to get one.
-你搞到票了吗?
-是的,我设法搞到了一张.
具有这种用法的one的复数形式是some:
-Did you get tickets?
-Yes,I managed to get some.
-你搞到票了吗?
-是的,我设法搞了几张.
1.一(个,件,…):
He had a book under his arm.他手臂下夹着一本书.
He was a boy from a poor home. 他是来自穷苦家庭的孩子.
I saw a girl watering the flowers. 我看见一个女孩在浇花.
Anna had a boy friend named James. 安娜有个男朋友名叫詹姆斯.
He arrived half an hour ago. 他是半小时前到达的.
He is an able man. 他是一个能干的人.
Give him an inch and he will take a mile. 他会得寸进尺.
The book is based on an actual case. 这书是根据一个实际案例写的.
He decided to put an advertisement in the newspapers. 他决定在报上登一份广告.
2.任何…都:
A bird has wings. 鸟有翅膀.
A square has four sides. 正方形有四条边.
A dog is an animal. 狗是动物.
3.每(一):
He comes home once a week. 他每周回一次家.
The doctor told him to bathe his eyes twice a day. 医生让他每天洗两次眼睛.
The ducks were force-fed several times a day. 这种鸭子每天强行喂食好几次.
4.某,某一个:
A Mr. Black just came to see you. 刚才一个叫布莱克先生的人来看你.
The house next door has been bought by a Mr Jones. 隔壁的房子被一个叫琼斯的先生的人买下了.
【考点说明】
1. 用 a 还是用an:一般说来,在辅音或半元音开头的词前用a,而在元音开头的词前用an.注意:有些以元音字母开头的单词,由于第一个音不是元音而是辅音,其前仍用a而不用an.
2. 单数可数名词若泛指,其前需加 a / an,不要从汉语习惯出发,漏掉此不定冠词,如不能说Her father is famous film poet.(应在is加a)
3.不能与指示代词、物主代词、名词所有格等连用,如不说 my a good friend,可改说 a good friend of mine.
不定冠词最基本的用途就是用来表示“一”这概念,如:
① A stitch in time saves nine.
② Jason is an internationally known scholar.
此外,a/an 还有下列 6 种用途:
一常和time、measurement等有关的名词连用,以表示“每—” 的概念,如:
③ I teach five days a week.
④ This type of vegetables is sold at one dollar a kilo.
⑤ My car usually runs sixty kilometres an hour.
二常和 hundred, thousand, dozen 以及数目及数量连用,如:
⑥ That factory turns out at least a hundred tyres a day.
⑦ Noel's monthly salary is a thousand dollars.
⑧ I have a number of sponsored students.
⑨ Mary has a lot of money.
三在“of / at”后面出现,以表示“同一类”这概念,如:
⑩ Birds of a feather flock together.
11. Please come one at a time.
12. Things of a kind come together, so do people of a mind.
四常在“rather, quite, many, half, what, such”等字后面出现,形成固定用法,如:
13. Tom is rather a fool.
14. I think Chinese is quite a useful language.
15. Many a student has asked that question.
16. The visitor left half an hour ago.
17. What a fine day it is!
18. How can you say such a thing?
五用在“so, as, too, how +形容词”这些结构里,如:
19. We have not had so hot a day before.
20. Susan is as clever a girl as Anna.
21. That is too difficult a book for beginners.
22. No one knew how serious a problem it was until later.
六出现在许多惯用语中,如:
23. Bob always has a bone to pick with others.
24. Some students turned a deaf ear to the teacher's advice.
25. All must learn a language with an eye to mastering it.
26. I hope you will make an effort to attend the meeting punctually.
27. Jason has an aversion to being idle.
28. The news of Jack's sudden resignation came as a bolt from the blue
楼上写了那么说倒是说了a/an的用法,其实用法随处可见
你的问题,A English-Chinese Dictionary 中的—A—为什么不用AN,我要告诉你的是可以用A也可以用 an,用an你自然知道为什么,
为什么也能用A呢,因为对于某些特殊的,人们习惯了的很少的句子会有例外,这个就是例外,不是说用法就是一定的,什么都应该如此做,任何都有特殊,就如,汉语中,某些情况下,勇敢都可成贬义词一样