不定冠词a与an的用法区别与易错说明
不定冠词a与an的用法区别与易错说明
1. 基本区别
原则上说,a用于辅音前;an用于元音前。辅音前用a的例子如a bag, a tree, a park, a desk, a pen, a bottle, a room, a tower, a factory, a girl, a boy, a woman, a table 等;元音前用an的例子如:
I want to look up an old friend. 我想去看一位朋友。
He made an obvious mistake. 他犯了一个明显的错误。
She’s had an operation on her foot. 她的脚动了手术。
They made an alliance against him. 他们联合起来对付他。
I have an American passport. 我有一份美国护照。
She is an official in the Department of Education. 她是教育部的一名官员。
The story derives from an old legend. 这个故事来源于一则古老的传说。
“Dr” is an abbreviation for “Doctor”. Dr 是 Doctor 的缩写词。
It may rain, but I’ll chance it—I won’t take an umbrella. 可能会下雨,但我冒冒险不带雨伞。
In an oral English lesson we learn to speak English. 在英语口语课上,我们学习讲英语。
He is studying an important problem, and nothing can call away his attention. 他正在研究一个重要问题,什么也不能使他分心。
2. 易错说明
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an。反过来,有些单词虽然以元音字母开头,但其读音却以辅音开头,那么它们的前面应用a而不是an,这些词常见的有useful, university, usual, European, united, one-eyed, one-way等。
另外,对于数字、字母以及由单词首字母构成的缩略词,其前到底是用a还是an,也需根据读音来确定,如:
We have an 8-hour workday. 我们实行8小时工作制。
The closure of the regional offices was phased over an 18-month period. 地区事务所在18个月内逐步关闭。
They’ve just bought an 18th-century pile in
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