2022贵州成人高考专升本《英语》考试笔记3

一、 合成名词

⑴合成名词的复数形式通常在主干上加s.

Brother-in-law---brothers-in-law(女婿)

Commander-in-chief------commanders-in-chief(总司令)

Man-of-war--------men-of-war(军舰)

Comrade(s)-in-arms战友

passer(s)-by路人，

prisoner(s)-of-war

(1) 如果一个名词没有主干，则在最后一个词尾加s.

Grown-up------grown-ups成人

Go-between----go-betweens中间人

Good-for-nothing----good-for-nothings无用之人

Forget-me-not------forget-me-nots勿忘我

Story-teller---------story-tellers讲故事的人

(2) 个别合成名词变复数时，每一个部分都要变化。

A woman doctor--------women doctors

A man cook-----------men cooks

⑷某些可数名词或个别可数名词加s或es后，意义发生变化。

Advice建议-----advices通知 green绿色-----greens青菜

Air空气--------airs神气 good好的-------goods货物

Arm手臂------arms武器 iron铁---------irons镣铐

Brain大脑-----brains智力 look看-------looks外表(相当于appearance)

Authority权威------authorities当局

Pain疼痛-----------pains努力

Paper纸-----------papers论文;试卷;

Condition情况;条件 regards问候 contents内容;目录

Times时代 custom风俗----------customs海关

Forces军队==army

例：1.The police are searching(搜索) the house.

2. The average family in the future will be a great smaller than it is now.

A.it is B.it does C.they are D.they do

3.The crew in the plane were kind.

A.are B.were C.has been D.was

4.The Nazi kept those prisoners-of-war(战俘) in their concentration camp.

5.After 10 year,all these youngsters become grown-ups(成年人).

6.All the women doctors(女医生) got a rise last month.

7.The police put the criminal in irons(镣铐)

8.Ten years had passed,I found she had a few white hair.

A.a little white hair

B. a few white hair

C. much white hair

D.some white hair