disease的可数性与用法
disease的可数性与用法
disease的用法与可数性
1. 用于身体部分连用,表示相应的病,通常不可数。如:
Some alcoholics develop liver disease. 有些酗酒者会得肝病。
Smoking is the prime cause of lung disease. 抽烟是得肺病的主要原因。
Tension is a major cause of heart disease. 精神紧张是引起心脏病的主要原因。
但有时也可连用不定冠词。如:
She has caught a lung disease. 她染上了肺部疾病。
She got a rare liver disease when she was only twenty. 他年仅20岁时就患上了一种罕见的肝病。
2. 表示疾病的总称,为不可数名词。如:
Flies spread disease. 苍蝇能传播疾病。
Disease is usually caused by germs. 疾病多由病菌引起。
War and disease had thinned the population. 战争和疾病已使人口减少。
3. 表示某种疾病,为可数名词。如:
Cancer is a deadly disease. 癌症是一种致命的疾病。
Many cattle ape suffering from a disease called BSE. 许多牛得了疯牛病。
Why does man have more diseases than animals? 人类的疾病为什么比动物的多?
4. 有关“疾病”的表达习惯:
你生了什么病?
正:What’s your trouble?
误:What’s your disease?
假期中他害了一场大病。
正:While on holiday he caught a serious disease.
误:While on holiday he caught a big (heavy) disease.