vocabulary可数吗?它与words(复数)有什么不同?
vocabulary 作“词语”解,指“所认识的单词总数”(词语量)或指“所用的单词的总数 ”(词语表),是集合名词,不需要复数形式,不可用来指一个具体的单词。word 则指一个一个具体的单词,是可数名词。比如:
1. 不可说 Youve missed out one vocabulary. 应该说Youve missed out one word.
2. 不可说 He has a great number of vocabularies. 而应该说He has a large vocabulary. 或 He possesses a wide vocabulary of English words.
3. “单词记得多”可以说have a large / rich / wide vocabulary;
4. “单词记得少”可以说 have a small / poor / meagre vocabulary, 不可说have many vocabularies 等。