2021年四级真题:
For today's youth, books, newspapers and magazines have less and less of a presence in their daily lives.
more/less of a +单数名词是一个用法,但是这里less and less of a presence中的presence,出席出现是一个不可数名词。为什么出现这种情况,是错误了吗?
在美国英语中,presence可以是可数名词(见《韦氏高阶英汉双解词典》)。最好把 have less and less of a presence 作为一种搭配来记忆,意思是“越来越少”。