parent的单复数以及相关代词的使用

发布时间:2017-03-15 07:29

1. 关于单数与复数的使用:

(1) 其意为“父亲”或“母亲”,要表示“父母双亲”,须用其复数形式。如:

You ought to obey your parents. 你应当听你父母的话。

John and Mary have become parents. 约翰和玛丽已做父母了。

(2) 若用于名词前作定语,通常用单数。如:

Both units are largely dependent on the parent company. 两个单位均主要依靠母公司。

(3) 如果只指父亲或只指母亲,则要用单数。如:

Being a parent can be hard work. 为人父母可能很不容易。

Which parent is more important in the first year of life? 在出生后的第一年,父亲与母亲哪一位更重要?

如果指不同人的父亲或母亲,要用复数。如:

The teacher was in conference with the parents after school. 放学后老师与家长商谈。

(4) 在某些特定表达中,由于意义是单数,也用单数。如:

Greed is the parent of many evils. 贪婪是万恶之根源。

The parent teacher meeting is to be held next Wednesday. 家长座谈会准备下星期三开。

2. 因父母双亲只有两个,因此可以与both, either, neither等不定代词连用,但不能与 all, any, none等不定代词连用。如:

我父母都喜欢他。

误:All my parents like him.

正:Both my parents like him.

父母亲中随便哪个都可以参加学校会议。

误:Any parent can attend the school meeting.

正:Either parent can attend the school meeting.

他父母都不知道他在哪儿。

误:None of his parents knows where he lives.

误:Neither of his parents knows where he lives.

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