Anya English 安雅英文

英文的名詞有一個特別的特性就是分為「可數」及「不可數」名詞。

不可數名詞多為描述那些：物質、抽象的概念

像是 水 water、時間 time 等等，這些字的重點就是全部沒有複數的形式（也就是不可以加s）

一起來看看考試中 多益 TOEIC、全民英檢、學測、指考 常出現的不可數名詞

1. weather 天氣

例句：The weather is expected to remain clear for the next few days.

We're going to have a picnic, weather permitting (= if the weather is good enough).

  常見搭配詞：bad 壞/good 好/cold 冷/dry 乾/hot 熱/stormy 暴風雨/warm 溫暖/wet 潮濕 weather

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2. *love 愛

例句：Meg asked me to send her love to you and your family (= tell you that she is thinking about you with affection).

"I'm visiting Mark next week." "Oh, please give him my love" (= tell him I am thinking about him with affection).

  如果當「愛人」時，則為可數名詞

3. electricity 電

例句：Many people are living in the city with no electricity or running water.

The electricity has been turned off.

 常見搭配詞：an electricity bill 電費

4. attention 注意

例句： They're organizing a campaign to draw people's attention to environmental protection.

I always give you my full/undivided attention when you're talking (= I'll listen to and think about only you).

 常見搭配詞：pay attention to + N 注意

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5. wealth 財富

例句： During a successful business career, she accumulated a great amount of wealth.

* an amount of 用來描述「很多」只能用於不可數名詞

 如果拿來當「大量」解釋，則用單數形式出現 a wealth of 用法同 an amount of 只能用於不可數名詞

例如： Anya has a wealth of teaching experience. 

6. money 錢

例句： I wanted to buy it but it cost too much money

Anya always spends a great amount of money investing in herself every year.

Money is tight/short (= we don't have much money) at the moment. 手頭很緊

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7. travel 旅遊

例句： I had a lot of business travel this year.

Elon Musk makes it possible for people to experience air/space travel.

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8. traffic 交通

例句： There was heavy/a lot of traffic on the roads this morning.

We got stuck in traffic for several hours.

 常見搭配詞：traffic congestion 塞車，一樣不可數 / the traffic in drugs/the drug traffic 毒品非法買賣

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9. *paper 紙

例句：This card is printed on recycled paper

She works on paper (= writes things on paper) because she hates computers.

 常見搭配詞：a piece/sheet of paper 一張紙

  如果當「報紙、考券、論文」時，則為可數名詞

例句：The photo was on the front page of all the papers. 報紙

Candidates must answer two questions from each paper. 考券

I have to read a lot of papers every day. 論文

10. *business 生意

例句： My father's in business. 經商

Our firm does a lot of business with rich customers. 

This new tax will put a lot of small firms out of business. 倒閉

 如果當「企業、公司」時，則為可數名詞

例句：The two brothers established/set up/started up an online retailing business.

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