这个address为什么不用复数(明明是指两个地址啊)

I need your home and your business address. 我需要你的家庭地址和工作地址。

请问这里的 address为什么不用复数,是印刷错误吗?

“家庭地址”和“工作地址”不是指两个地址吗?

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最佳答案 2016-12-29 23:00

▲我的看法与English Expert的看法稍有不同:我觉得这里的 your home and your business address 仍指两个地址,属 your home (address) and your business address 的省略。即:

I need your home and your business address.

= I need your home (address) and your business address.

我需要你的家庭地址和工作地址。

▲类似用法如:

1. She likes classical and country music. 

= She likes classical (music) and country music.

她喜欢古典音乐和乡村音乐。

2. He shifted the load from his left to his right shoulder.

= He shifted the load from his left (shoulder) to his right shoulder. 

他把重物从左肩换到右肩。

3. The inner and the outer wall were both strongly defended.

= The inner (wall) and the outer wall were both strongly defended. 

里墙和外墙均被严密守护。

▲请再比较:

We have a black and a white cat. 我们养了一只黑猫和一只白猫。

= We have a black (cat) and a white cat. 我们养了一只黑猫和一只白猫。(注意有两个冠词)

比较:We have a black and white cat. 我们养了一只黑白花猫。(注意只有一个冠词)

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I need your home and your business address. 我需要你的家庭地址和工作地址。

请问这里的 address为什么不用复数,是印刷错误吗?

“家庭地址”和“工作地址”不是指两个地址吗?

解答如下:有以下2种理解

(1)your home and your business address MEANS an address for your home and your business or means one address which indicates where your home is and where your business is .

=an address full of your home and your business

=an address including your home and your business

(一个地址,上面包含了家庭和公司地址)

(2)your home and your business addresses MEANS an address for your home and an address for your business or means an address for telling others where your home is and the other address for telling others where your business is.

=your home address and your business address

(2个地址,一个是家庭地址,一个公司地址)

(1)a teacher and writer  一名老师兼作家 means one person who is both a teacher and a writer.

(2)a teacher and a writer  一名老师和一名作家 means two persons ,one is a teacher and the other is a writer.

(1)a teacher and writer witness 一名老师兼作家的目击者

=a witness who is both a teacher and a writer.

(2)a teacher and a writer witnesses 一名老师目击者和一名作家目击者

=a teacher witness and a writer witness

A:a math and English test 

=a test full of math and English

=a test including maths and English

=a test which consists of maths and English

代表一场考试,这场考试既包含数学测试又包含英语测试

B:math and English tests 

=a math test and an English test

代表2场考试,这2场考试即一场数学考试一场英语考试

The address is 2025 M Street, Northwest, Washington, DC, 20036.  

地址为华盛顿特区,西北区,M大街2025号,邮政编码20036。

We require details of your name and address.  

我们需要你的姓名和地址的详细信息。

I can't read the address on the letter.   
我看不懂这封信上的地址。

Look at the above address.   
请看上面的地址。

You called at a wrong address.No wonder you failed to find me.   
你找错了地址,怪不得你没找到我。

How long have you been living at the present address?   
你在目前这个住址住了有多久?

We are going to apply at the following address.   
我们将在下述地点洽谈。

An agency has been opened at the following address.   
一个代办处已在下述地点开始营业。

She was employed at the above address as typist.   
她在上述这个地点受聘作打字员。

He is still in the same address.   
他仍居住在原处。

He is of no fixed address.   
他没有固定地址。

I'm sending this letter to your old address, trusting that the postal authorities will know where to find you.   
我把此信寄到你的老住址,相信邮局会找到你的新住处。

Send the newspaper to my vacation address.   
请把报纸送到我度假的住址。


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