1、名词前不用冠词的情况总结名词前不用冠词的情况 英语中误用冠词的情况经常发生，为了避免同样的错误出现，现在把不需要冠词的场合列举如下，以作参考：无特指意义的物质名词前不用冠词，如： 1. Gold isprecious. 2. Air is indispensable toanimals. 3. Electricity is a form ofenergy. 无特指意义的抽象名词前不用冠词，如： 4. Unity isstrength. 5. Knowledge ispower. 6. Samson is a man of bravery.无特指意义的复数名词前不用冠词，如：7. Doctors
2、 cure patients. 8. Axes are tools for cutting wood. 9. Those people are teachers, notstudents. 有关餐食的名词前不用冠词，如：10. Dinner isready. 11. After lunch, you may take a nap.12.What do you eat for breakfast?有关四季的名词前不用冠词，如：13. I like autumnmost. 14. Do you have to teach insummer? 15. Winter is over; will spr
3、ing be far away?有关游戏和运动的名词前不用冠词，如：16. Fandi can play soccer very well.17. Do yo like to playchess? 18. Is bridge a popular game here?有关疾病的名词前不用冠词，如：19. Old People tend to suffer fromdiabetes.20.Many women are inflicted withrheumatism(ru:m?tiz?m,ru-n. 风湿病 ).有关学科或带“ism”后缀的名词前不用冠词，如：21. Mathematics and
4、 physics are difficultsubjects. 22. Which do you prefer, imperialism (impi?ri?liz?mn. 帝国主义,capitalistimperialism:资本帝国主义) or communism?在“by + 交通工具 ”的片语里名词前不用冠词，如：23. Shall we walk or go bybus? 24. The tourists came byplane. 25. Do you like to travel by land or by sea?关于“人、节日、地理、建筑物、语言”等的专有名词前不用冠词，如：2
5、6. Tony wants to seeSusan. 27. Christmas is a widely celebratedfestival. 28. Europe is more advanced thanAfrica. 29. Do you know where Buckingham Palaceis? 30.Is Japanese similiar to Chinese?上述是无须冠词的例句，但当专有名词之前有修饰语时，可以用定冠词（例(31)(32) ） ；当抽象名词被形容词、短语或分句修饰时，也可以有适当的冠词（例(33)(36)）：31. Caesar was an ancien
6、t hero. Do you admire the great Caesar andhisdeeds? 32. We enjoy reading the great works written by the immortal(im?:t?ladj.不朽的；神仙的；长生的)Shakespeare. 33. A little knowledge is a dangerousthing. 34. The wisdom of Solomon was recorded inhistory. 35. Tom showed a courage worthy of specialmention. 36. I find it hard to forget the generosity with which Davidtreated me.
