management 前有时用定冠词,有时不用定冠词,但在绝大部分情况下,是不用冠词的,请问这有什么规则吗?比如下面这句:
There needs to be a closer dialogue between management and staff.
可以这样改一下吗?
There needs to be a closer dialogue between the management and the staff.
▲management作“管理层,管理部门,经营者,资方”解,是集合名词。用作主语时,其谓语动词可用单数形式,也可用复数形式。在句中作主语时应加定冠词,做其他成分时可以无冠词。(You can refer to the people who control and organize a business or other organization as the management.)
The management is doing its best to improve the situation.管理部门正在竭尽全力改善局面。
We need to get more women into top management.我们需要让更多的女性进入高层管理。
在并列的表达中,如:management and staff,both management and staff,between management and staff中,为了简练可以省略冠词,并非说必须省略。如:
Talks between management and unions have collapsed. 资方和工会的谈判失败了。
The whole dispute comes down to a power struggle between management and trade unions. 全部争论其实就是资方与工会间的权力斗争。
▲management表示抽象含义,是不可数名词,意为“管理,经营”,根据需要,特指时可加定冠词:Management is the control and organizing of a business or other organization. 如:
The zoo needed better management rather than more money.这座动物园需要更好的管理,而不是更多的资金。
The dispute is about wages, working conditions and the management of the mining industry.这场争论围绕着工资、工作条件以及矿业管理展开。
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刘老师的分析很详细,也很深入。我补充一句:即使用作主语时,其前的冠词也可以省略,如下面一句摘自《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》(1989年第四版)的 management 词条:
Management / The management is / are considering closing the factory. 主管部门正在考虑把工厂关闭。
又如下面一句摘自《剑桥高级英语词典》management 词条:
Management has / have offered staff a 3% pay increase.