英语名词有 -'s和of- 两种形式的所有格。
1. -'s形式(以 -s结尾的复数名词用 “ ' ”形式):一般用于表示有生命的名词,如:
the boy's mother the sheep's skin the teachers' club
但下列情况非生命名词的所有格仍可用 -'s:
a. 表示价值、时间、距离和数量等名词,如:
ten cents' stamp four years' study
a mile's distance
b. 表示大洲、海洋、国家、江河、城镇等地理名称及天体、地区、场所等名词,如:
Asia's future China's development
Beijing's weather the world's population
the hotel's entrance
c. 拟人化的名词,如:
the science's power duty's call
d. 表示店铺或某人的家的名词,并且这些名词的所有格常独立使用,省略后面被修饰的名词;有时为了避免重复也省略后面的名词,如:
She has just been back from the stationer's
(the barber's , the baker's, the tailor's, the grocer's).
她刚从文具店(理发店、面包店、服装店、杂货店)回来。
The reference book is Tom's.(Tom's
reference book)
e. 一些习惯用语,如:
for convenience's sake (为方便起见)
at arm's length (在伸手可及的地方)
at one's wit's end (智穷计竭)
within a stone's throw (of) ((离)一箭之遥)
2. of-所有格形式:主要用于表示无生命的名词,如:
the legs of the table
of-所有格的名词词组如在本句类似结构中再出现时,常用that/those代替,如:
The population of Shanghai is greater
than that of Paris.
The rules of our school are quite different
from those of other schools.
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