be able to grow vegetables in space为什么people后面不用are

如题所述

People通常表复数,后面是加are. People代表一个整体情况加is

“people”是复数还是单数名词?
集体名词,以单数形式出现,但实为复数.例如:
people police cattle 等本身就是复数,不能说 a people,a police,a cattle,但可以说a person,a policeman,a head of cattle,the English,the British,the French,the Chinese,the Japanese,the Swiss 等名词,表示国民总称时,作复数用,如The Chinese are industries and brave.中国人民是勤劳勇敢的.
回到“people”这个词,当它作为人;人们; 亲戚;家族; 某地方的人或人民;公民;平民解释时,为集体名词,是不可数的,如
The streets were crowded with people.大街上挤满了人.
The men who govern the country are chosen by the people.治理国家的人是由人民选择的.
当people作为民族解释时,是可数名词,如
The Chinese people are a brave and hard-working people.
中华民族是一个勇敢勤劳的民族.
注意:这里的people是民族之意,是可数名词.
比较:Chinese people are smart.中国人很聪明.
这里的people就是集合名词.

people的用法
1. people表示“人”“人们”时,只用单数形式,但表示复数意义;作主语时谓语用复数。如:
People love having cats as pets. 人们喜欢把猫当作宠物。
These people have the choice of whether to buy a house or rent one. 这些人可以选择买房或租房。
Many people enjoy the pleasures and convenience of living in a city centre. 许多人喜欢住在市中心的乐趣和便利。
若要表示“一个人”,英语不能用 one people,可根据情况改用 one person, one man, one woman, one boy 等。
2. 表示“民族”时,为可数名词,其前可用不定冠词,也可有复数形式,有时甚至还可以与数词连用。如:
We Chinese are a hardworking people. 我们中国人是勤劳的人民。
Ireland was inhabited by two peoples. 爱尔兰居住着两个民族。
The English-speaking peoples share a common language. 讲英语的各民族拥有共同的语言。
也可与 few, many 等连用。如:
The human race is made up of many different peoples. 人类由许多不同的民族组成。
Few peoples in the world can boast (of) such an old civilization as ours. 世界上没有几个民族有像我国民族这样悠久的文化。
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第1个回答  2016-04-07
People通常表复数,后面是加are.
People代表一个整体情况加is本回答被网友采纳

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