可数名词和不可数名词使用辨析
It is said that long ago there used to be 10 suns in the sky. Each day, one of the suns would travel around the sky on a carriage driven by Xihe, the mother of the suns.
One day, unexpectedly, all 10 suns simultaneously appeared in the sky, which instantly dried the crops and caused disaster to the people on earth. Hou Yi, a local archer,
had great sympathy for people's sufferings from the blistering weather and decided to help them out. Houyi climbed up to the summit of Kunlun Mountains and shot down the suns leaving only one to benefit people.
After he shot down the sun, Hou Yi became a hero (who) was revered by local people. Later, Hou Yi married a beautiful girl—Chang'e. The young couple lived a happy and sweet life.
在网上看到上面一篇文章，有几点很是不解：
1) 网上说只能sufferings, 不能是单数suffering, 理由是前面的定语people's 决定后面要复数。我很是不解，suffering可以是不可数名词，有何不可呢？
2) 现在分词leaving表示结果状语，能理解。但是如果改用to leave表目的状语，从前后逻辑句意上来看，也可以呀！？对吗？
3) After he shot down the sun - 这一句似乎有问题，the sun 指什么呢？而且一共有10个太阳，应该射掉9个，留下一个。我觉得应该改成After he (had) shot down the 9 suns, 对吗？
谢谢老师！
最佳答案 2021-12-15 09:51
牛津：suffering：[uncountable] physical or mental pain
sufferings：[plural] feelings of pain and unhappiness
由此可知，suffering为不可数名词，意为身体或精神痛苦；而sufferings为复数名词，意为痛苦或不愉快的感觉，二者意思是不同的。所以要尊重译者的用词，不要随意改动。
shot down the suns leaving only one... 当射下第九个太阳的瞬间，leaving的动作就发生了，即状语动作和谓语动作是首尾衔接的二个动作，状语要用现在分词，不能用不定式。用不定式则表示谓语动作发生时，状语的动作还没有发生。
最后这一点你是正确的，the sun 应改为the nine suns.
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