短语 on holiday 在句子中可以作表语、后置定语、时间状语或者 go on的宾语。例如：I’m on holiday this week. 我这周休假。（《朗文多功能英汉双解词典》第五版p.671）The people on holiday...
on holiday 用法归纳
一、on holiday的句法功能
1.
用作表语
I’m on holiday this week. 我这周休假。
We’ll be on holiday in August. 我们将于8月份去度假。
While we were on holiday, my bag was
stolen. 我们在度假时我的包被偷了。
2.
用作后置定语
The people on holiday are usually very
happy. 度假中的人们通常都非常高兴。
Those (who are) on holiday like to
taste the local food when they visit a new place. 度假的人在参考一个新的地方时喜欢品尝当地美食。
3.
用作状语
They’re away on holiday for 2 weeks. 他们外出度假两星期。
He caught a cold on holiday. 他渡假时患了感冒。
We went to Egypt on holiday last year.
我们去年到埃及渡假。
We took lots of photographs on
holiday. 度假时我们拍了很多照片。
4.
用于go on holiday
Going on holiday makes me nervous. 外出度假使我紧张。
Several years ago, I went on holiday
with some friends. 几年前我与几个朋友一起去度假。
Leave your little dog with me while
you go on holiday. 你去度假时把小狗交给我照管吧。
二、on holiday与on holidays
表示“度假”时，on
holiday 中间不用冠词，而且holiday不用复数（参见上面的例句）。但如果是表示国家法定节假日（如元旦、国庆等），则可以用复数。如：
Travel is very heavy here on holidays.
假日这里的交通很拥挤。
On holidays the railways put on
special trains. 假日铁路增开专列。
Collections are suspended on holidays.
节日期间不收垃圾。
On holidays the little town wakes up. 每逢假日，这个小城镇就活跃起来了。
三、on holiday与on vacation
on holiday 主要用于英国英语，而
on vacation 主要用于美国英语。如：
We had a restful vacation [=(Brit)
holiday] at the beach. 我们在海滨度过了一个悠闲的假期。
She spent two weeks on holiday [=(US)
on vacation] in Italy. 她在意大利度假两周。
