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【可数】: An original product of human invention or artistic imagination= 指可被创造创造的事物,譬如某项创造,或艺术作品等。例:The manufacturer was so proud of its creations.
【不可数】:The act of creating = 创造的过程。This company is in the creation of a number of new devices.
【不可数】:The world and all things in it = 已存在的事物。 尤指造物主的造物。Letuspray to Christ, the King of all creation.
艺术作品是可数的,可是做题的时候却发现:
Walt developed the character Mickey Mouse in 1928, his first highly popular success. He also provided the voice for his ____creation_____in the early years.
答案给的是creation,但我觉得Walt在早期创作的作品一定不止一个吧,而且依据艺术作品可数的性质,这里为何不填 creations 呢?还是理解有误,请老师指点。
这是你一个人理解错误。provide the voice (注意定冠词和单数名词的用法),指的是Walt在早期亲自为米老师配音。因此,his creation就是Micky Mouse为了防止重复而换了一种说法而已。对一个句子的准确理解,必须要结合整个句子的语境和所有些语法特点,不可想当然。不要随便指责英美作者的所谓语法错误。所谓错误非常可能是读者自己在某方面理解不到位或曲解了作者的意图。