介词又称前置词,是虚词,在句中不单独作任何句子成分。介词后面必须有名词、名词性词组或名词性从句作它的宾语,构成介词短语,介词短语在句子中可充当各种句子成分,如:The flowers in our garden are in full blossom.(我们花园中的花朵盛开了。)在此句中,介词短语in our garden是地点,作定语修饰flowers,介词短语in full blossom作表语,表示主语的状态或情况。又如I met Mary before lunch.(我在午餐前碰见过玛丽。)介词短语 before lunch在句中充当时间状语。冠词分不定冠词(The Indefinite Article)和定冠词(The Definite Article)a, an是不定冠词,the是定冠词。 an, a是不定冠词,仅用在单数可数名词前面,表示“一”的意义,但不强调数目观念。a用在以辅音(指辅音音素)开头的词前, an用在以元音(指元素音素)开头的词前,如: a boy an hour
a history class an island
a university an elephant
a hero an old man 不定冠词的用法:
1. 表示人或事物的某一类
A steel worker makes steel.
A plane is a machine that can fly. 2. 表示某一类人或事物中的任何一个。
This is an apple.
His father is a teacher. 3. 泛指某人或某物,但不具体说明何人何物。
A comrade is waiting for you downstairs.
I met an old man on my way to school. 4. 表示“一个”的意思
He will be back in a day or two.
He tried to send a picture of a face. 5. 有时也表示“每”的意思
We have three meals a day.
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