英语月份名词的用法与语法
英语月份名词的用法与语法
英语中12个表示月份的名词是January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December。在使用时应注意以下一些用法。
1. 表示在某个月,其前用介词in,若表示在某月某日,则用介词on。如:
New England can be very warm in September. 新英格兰有时9月份很热。
This shop will now be open on June 23rd. 这家商店现定于
根据语境的需要,也可与after, before, by, during, from, over, since, till, until, to等搭配使用。如:
July comes before August. 7月在8月之前。
They had contracted to supply the machinery by June. 他们已经订约在6月之前提供机器。
The March figure for output value registered a 37 per cent increase over February. 三月份产值比二月份增长百分之三十七。
She’s been working here since July. 她从7月份起就一直在这里工作。
We’ve had to put our wedding off until September. 我们得把婚礼延期到九月举行。
The meeting has been brought forward from 10 May to 3 May. 会议已由
2. 表示月份的名词通常是不可数的,但若要表示几个或多个的意思,也可以用复数形式。如:
I hate Februarys. 我讨厌2月份。
Now, one November later, all was different. 这时,过了一个11月,一切都变了。
We’ve had two very cold Januarys in a row. 我们连续度过了两个非常寒冷的一月。
3. 当需要特指某个月份时,可以在月份名词前使用定冠词。如:
It happened in the April of 1996. 这事发生在1996年的4月份。
It was the January after we went to Greece. 事情发生在我们到希腊去之后的那个1月份。
4. 当月份名词受到形容词最高级的修饰,其前也可用定冠词。如:
It was the hottest May for many years. 多年来5月份从来没有这样热过。
It was the wettest October for many years. 多年来10月份从来没下过这么多雨。
It has been one of the windiest Marches for several years. 那是多年来刮风最厉害的3月之一。
5. 若要表示某一个不确定的月份,则可以在月份名词前使用不定冠词,尤其是当月份名词前受到描绘性定语的修饰且表泛指意义时,其前要用不定冠词。如:
It’s been a very wet June. 那是下雨很多的一个6月。
We’re having a very wet April. 今年4月雨水可真多。
A warm and sunny September made up for a miserable wet August. 温暖灿烂的9月弥补了多雨、难受的8月。
6. 与星期名词并列时,通常要先说星期。如:
They arrived here on Monday, April 20. 他们于
Gilbert was born at 11:58 on Friday November 18th 1986. 吉尔伯特生于
7. 表示月份的名词有时可直接用于另一名词前作定语。如:
It was a raw February morning. 那是2月里一个阴冷的早晨。
The March wind chilled us. 3月的风使我们感到十分寒冷。
The winning entry will be published in our April issue. 获胜作品将登在我们刊物的4月号上。
I picked up some real bargains in the January sales this year. 今年1月份大减价期间我买了些非常便宜的东西。
The March figure for output value registered a 37 per cent increase over February. 3月份产值比2月份增长37%(www.hxen.net)。
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