集合名词,形式上虽为单数,但意义为复数的名词如the police, people, cattle等作主语时,谓语动词用复数。 如: Cattle eat grass. 牛吃草。 The police were called in. 警察被召来了。 特别注意:people 作“民族”解时,其单数形式为people,复数形式为peoples,作主语时,应用语法一致原则。 如: The Chinese people is a great people. 中华民族是一个伟大的民族。 56 peoples make up the big family of China. 56个民族构成中国这个大家庭。 |
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