不定冠词的用法1
表泛指,表首次提到的、不限定的人或物
Thereisabookonthedesk
a/an+单数n
表类别,指一类人或事物
Ahorseisausefulanimal
表one,acertain,every,thesameI’llreturninadayortwo
Whiteiswaitingforyoudownstairs
Thedoctoraskedmetotakethemedicinethreetimesaday
Theyarenearlyofanage
用在抽象名词前,a+抽象名词,即抽象名词具体化
如:Thislittlegirlisajoytoherparents
Itisapleasuretotalkwithyou
Itisanhonourtometoattendthemeeting
asurprise/success/failure5
与物质名词连用,表示“一种,一阵、一份”
Whataheavyrain
Whatagoodsupper
Pleasegivemeablackcoffee
在同位语中,常用a/an+n
(one)MikeandLucy,anewlymarriedcouple,hadahappyhoneymooninParis
用在某些固定词组中
afterawhile过了一会儿allofasudden突然asarule通常asaresult结果,因此asamatteroffact事实上asawhole大体上ataloss不知所措inahurry急忙inaway在某种程度上inaword总而言之putanendto…结束…cometoanend结束cometoaconclusion得出结论haveagoodtime玩得愉快havearest休息一下haveacold感冒haveawordw