3 become a home to为什么用了不定冠词

The new city has become a home to more than seven million people, with great improvements in transportation.

请问这里的 home 前面为什么要加一个不定冠词?我看到过有书上说,home 后接 to 时是不用冠词的。

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最佳答案 2021-12-31 21:45

这里加冠词,是home变为名词了。不用冠词也对,那么home 就是形容词了。

请比较外媒例句:

1.The site has become a home to those earnestly looking for the truth about the work world (NYT)

2. Speaking of how Birmingham has become a home to her, Malala said: "This city is the beating heart of England. (BBC)

3. Some city neighborhoods of 2,400 residents have become home to up to 1,000 migrants.

4. Aurora has become home to more refugees over the past 10 years.

也可以用be home to (home 为形容词)

1. Chatsworth House is home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire.

2. Nairobi's slums are home to more than half the city's population. (BBC)

有时也可以用be a home to, 但比较少见

如:The HB Studio is a home to many actors.

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刘永科   - 教育出版集团英语总顾问 & 英语系列图书主编
擅长:语法理论,语言学,文化背景

The new city has become a home to more than seven million people, with great improvements in transportation.

1. 这个句子 home 前加了冠词,虽然不能说错误,但至少不符合习惯。一般而言,在系动词 be 包括系动词在内的 become之后,其表语 home 前是不用冠词的。结构是:be/become home to 是/成为......的家园。道理就是:此时 home 为形容词用法,因为系动词后接形容词作表语是最好的理由。又如:

The Pacific island nation of Palau has become home to the sixth largest marine world. 

太平洋上的岛国帕劳己经成为世界上第六大海洋自然保护区。(六级真题- 2017 12 2短文填空)

With the hills beyond our village becoming greener and greener, they have become home to a large amount of wildlife. 随着我们村庄后面的山丘越发郁郁葱葱,它们已经成了大量野生动物的家园。

2. 如果home 作介词的宾语,就应该保留冠词,因为它是名词,无法用作形容词了。例如:

The lake is noted as a home to many birds. 这个湖作为许多鸟类的栖息地而闻名。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

【总结】home to...作表语时不带冠词,作宾语时带冠词。注意:“家园;栖息地” 与 “家;(......)活动之家”,不是一个概念,还是有所差别的。网友句子的语境显然是前者。

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黎反修   - 英语翻译 (已退休)
擅长:数词用法,存在句,英语考试

这里的 home 表示“家园”,泛指,后接 to 时应该用不定冠词。

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曹荣禄  
擅长:动词用法,句法问题

《牛津》名词home释义之一及例句:

3 [countable, uncountable] the town, district, country, etc. that you come from, or where you are living and that you feel you belong to

I often think about my friends back home.

Jane left England and made Greece her home.

be home to somebody Jamaica is home to over two million people.

这个释义告诉我们,当Home表示一个城镇、地区或国家是人们的家园时,Home既可以是可数名词,也可以是不可数名词。所以become a home to sb 中,Home可以用可数名词,也可以用不可数名词,换句话说,不定冠词a可以用,也可以不用。但be home to somebody 则为习语用法,这里home是不可数名词,是不用不定冠词的。

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陈才   - 英语教师
擅长:中考英语,词法问题

The new city has become a home to more than seven million people, with great improvements in transportation.

主语+become a home to +a+名词 意思“主语成为后面名词(某人/某物)的一个家”,home为可数名词表示,a home泛指意义一个家。

home 可以当作名词,形容词,副词和动词 4种词性使用,用法如下

1home当名词使用“家,住所,窝”为可数名词,可以加冠词或者复数。

They have a beautiful home in America.他们在美国有个美丽的家。

These are stray dogs needing new homes.这些都是需要新家的流浪狗

We are not far from my home now.我们现在离我家不远了。

Old people prefer to stay in their own  homes老年人喜欢待在自己家中。

2home当形容词使用“家的;家庭的;在家里做的”作前者定语修饰名词。

They are cheap but healthy home cooking. 它们是便宜而健康的家常菜

All you have to do is make a home video.  你要做的就是拍一段家庭录像片。

These children need a proper home life.这些孩子需要正常的家庭生活。

3home当副词使用“到家;向家;在家,回家”作状语修饰动词。

Come on, it's time to go home .快点,该回家了。

What time did you get home last night?你昨晚什么时间到家的?

The trip has been exhausting and I'll be glad to be home .

这个旅程令人疲惫不堪,要是能回家就好了。

It was a lovely day so I walked home.那天天气很好,所以我走路回家了。

Anna will drive me home after work.下班后安娜会开车送我回家。

4home当动词使用朝向,移向,导向,把(思想、注意力)集中于作句子谓语成分。

The missile homed in on the target.导弹正向目标飞去。

I began to feel I was really homing in on the answer.

我开始觉得我快找到答案了。

 

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