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amount, number<-->sound, voice, noise
family, house, home
home的基本意思是“家,故乡”,多指某人出生以及成长的环境或与某人一起居住的地方。在美国口语中, home可与house互换,即把“家”和“住宅”看成一体。home也可作“家庭,家乡”解,这时其前不用冠词。
home也可指植物或动物的“产地,生长地,发源地”,作此解时home用于单数形式,其前常加定冠词the,其后则常接介词of。
美式英语中“迈克家”可说the Mike home,相当于英式英语的Mr. Mike's。
在英式英语中, home用作副词时表示方向,如表示位置,则须用at home。但在美式英语中,也有用副词home表示位置的,如I've been home all day.我整天都在家。
She lives a long way from home.
她远远地离开故乡在外地生活。
My home isn't very big, but very comfortable.
我家不很大，但很舒适。
He is planning to establish a home.
他正计划建立家庭。
2. family的意思是“家庭”,指“家庭全体成员”时,为集合名词,作主语时,谓语动词要用复数形式。作为“家庭整体”看待时,谓语动词要用单数形式。谓语动词无论是单数形式还是复数形式, family都应该用复数代词指代。
family作先行词时,其关系代词可用who,也可用which。如表示家庭成员,则一般用who;如表示家庭整体,则一般用which。
There are five people in my family.
我家里有五口人。
He was born in a wealthy family.
他出生在一个富裕的家庭。
He had to work hard to support his family.
他不得不努力工作来养家。
All our family came to Grandad's eightieth birthday party.
我们所有的亲属都来参加了祖父八十寿宴。
She has a large family on her hands.
她有许多子女需要照顾。
3. house的基本意思是“住宅,房子”,指用来供人居住的建筑物,强调的是整体建筑,里面可以有人,也可以没人。house有时还可以表示某些具有特殊用途的建筑物,如“运输大楼”“经纪行”等。
House可指“议院”。house偶尔也可指住在同一栋房子里的人,即“家人”。引申可指“家族,家系”“观众”。
house作“观众”解时是集合名词,其前可加不定冠词a,用作主语时,其谓语动词多用单数形式。house作“全家人”解时,一般用单数形式,其前多有the whole修饰; 用作主语时,谓语动词多用单数形式。
Her house is furnished in excellent taste.
她的房屋布置得非常高雅。
They are going to move to a new house next week.
下星期他们将迁入新居。
My dream is to have a big house among peach trees.
我的梦想就是在桃林间拥有一座大房子。
Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house!
安静点吧，别把全家人都吵醒了！
The failure of the great London banking house was quickly noised about.
这家伦敦大银行倒闭的消息很快就传遍各地。
The party has a working majority in the house.
这个党在议院中占有大多数的席位。
详解：There's nothing like home.
哪儿也没有家里好。
Their clothes were in rags and their dwellings were small and poorly furnished.
他们衣衫褴褛,住房狭小,家具简陋。
Because our family is happy and healthy we reckon ourselves fortunate.
因为我们一家人幸福健康,我们认为我们是幸运的。
She offered to help Rose in house keeping when I was not here.
我不在时,她主动帮助露丝料理家务。
Buy a house, build a home.
买一所房子,安一个家。
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