表示“去度假”,英语是用go on holiday还是go on a holiday?两个表达好像都见过,是两个都对吗?若go on holiday和go on a holiday都对,就说明其中的冠词可以省略啊!对不对?
英语表达,越来越向着简洁的方向发展,这是肯定无疑的。尤其在口语和非正式英语中,省略一个小小的冠词也时有发生。 go on + (a) +单数名词(该名词多表示“度假,旅游”的概念,当然还有其他一些名词,如“节食”,“罢工”等。以下是我搜集的部分例句,请参考:
第1组
I'd love to go on a holiday but I can't afford the time.我倒想去度假,可是抽不出时间来。
I went on a holiday to China last week.上周我休假去中国旅行。
What fun it will be when we all go on holiday together. 我们大家一起去度假那可太有意思了。
If you save some money each week, we can go on holiday. 要是你每星期能存点儿钱,咱们就可以外出度假了。
第2组
As the day was fine, they decided to go on a trip.由于天气好,他们决定作一次短途旅行
We went on a trip to the mountains.我们到山里去旅游了。
She told me that she would go on trip to Europe the next day.她告诉我,她第二天要去欧洲旅行。
Twenty students of our class, including two American students, went on trip.我班二十个学生,包括二位美国学生,去旅行了。
第3组
We are going on a tour of the city this afternoon.我们今天下午要到城里去观光。
He went on a tour round the world.他周游了世界。
Do you see about all the necessary things to go on tour?你们负责旅行中所有的事情吗?
The band has gone on tour to promote their new album.这个乐队已开始巡回宣传他们的新唱片。
第4组
He never goes on a vacation but he takes his pet dog. 他每次度假都会带他的狗去。
He mopped up the rest of his business and went on a vacation.他办完了剩余的事情就去度假了。
Where would you like to go on vacation, Sam?萨姆,你想到哪里去度假?
I'm looking for someone I can go on vacation with.我在找一个能和我一起去度假的人。
第5组
The doctor says I've got to go on a diet. 医生说我得节食。
He is on a diet to reduce some weight. 他正在节食以减轻体重。
More and more people, especially females, are to go on diet.越来越多的人, 特别是女生, 开始节制饮食。
You don't need to go on diet. But you can't overeat and should eat limitedly.你不必节食,但要饮食有度,不能吃得过饱。
第6组
The workers go on strike to ask for higher pay.为了提高工资,工人们举行了罢工。
Over a thousand factory employees went on strike.上千工厂的工人罢工了。
The miners were determined to go on a strike for better working conditions.煤矿工人们决定为争取更好的工作条件举行罢工。
The workers acted out their dissatisfaction with the management by going on a strike.工人们以罢工来表示他们对资方的不满。
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1. 在BUY-BNC BRTISH NATIONAL CORPUS (UK,1980s-1993) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University ) 上共有120个包含“go on holiday”的句子,6个包含“goes on holiday”的句子,57个包含“went on holiday”的句子,19个“gone on holiday”的句子,82个包含“going on holiday”的句子;共有1个包含“go on a holiday”的句子,2个包含“went on a holiday”的句子,2个包含“going on holiday”的句子。
2. 在The CORPUS OF CONTEMPORAY AMERICAN ENGLISH (1990-2012) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University)上共有18个包含“go on holiday”的句子,4个包含"goes on holiday"的句子,6个包含“went on holiday”的句子,4个包含“gone on holiday”的句子,14个包含“going on holiday”的句子;共有2个包含“go on a holiday”的句子,1个包含“goes on a holiday”的句子,4个包含“went on a holiday”的句子,2个包含"going on a holiday"的句子。
3. 从以上可以看出无伦在美国还是英国,go on holiday的比率远远高于go on a holiday。