查询词典 collective noun

When you use a collective noun, you can use either a singular verb or a plural verb after it.

当你使用一个集合名词时，你可以在它之后使用单数名词或者是复数名词

One thing to note is that not all of the things that have a corresponding collective noun, or nouns of assemblage.

所谓、是个相对概念，不是绝对的，有很多表达只是得体与不得体、地道与不地道的问题。

"People" is a collective noun. It is singular in form, but takes a plural predicate verb.

"People"是一个集合名词，尽管形式上是单数，它必须与复数的谓语动词连用。

While the collective noun used to describe the funds may be relatively new, the funds themselves often are not.

尽管描述这类基金的集合名词或许还比较新鲜，但这些基金本身往往不是这样。

Collective noun: That is the name of a group of people or things considered as a unit.

泛指一组东西或人物之总称，该些统称在英文中永远不加"s"。

As a collective noun number may take either a singular or a plural verb.

作为一个集合名词，number 既可以跟动词单数形式也可以跟动词复数形式。

In American usage, a collective noun takes a singular verb when it refers to the collection considered as a whole,as in The family was united on this question.

在美国用法中，集合名词在指代的集合名词作为一个整体时，谓语动词要用单数形式，如在全家在这个问题上达成一致。

Besides this paper studies the concept"communism", which was forming in the fourties of the 19th century as a collective noun for different communist groups.

文章在此基础上探究了"共产主义"一词在十九世纪四十年代初期正在形成，是各种共产主义流派的集合名词。

Group as a collective noun can be followed by a singular or plural verb.

Group 做为一个集合名词后面跟单数或复数动词均可。

The group were divided in their sympathies. See Usage Note at collective noun

指化合物中以共价键与其他组分相结合的原子集团，如羟基，—OH。

I am accused of being overreligious," she said in her quiet, frank manner,"but that does not prevent me thinking the children very cruel who obstinately commit such suicide.""

客人们在卡罗利娜·埃凯家里，举止就文雅一些，因为卡罗利娜的母亲治家很严厉。

Designed by French fashion house Herm è s, this elegant uniform was manufactured in our home, Hong Kong, and was the first without a hat.

由著名品牌 Herm è s 设计，这件高贵的制服是香港本土制造，是我们第一套不配帽子的制服。