辅导班的一道题:
Last month I went on a long _______ to America.
A. travel B. trip
我感觉选A、B均可,请专家指教,谢谢!
▲我感觉此题应选 trip,不可以选 travel。由于 travel 用作名词时一般只用作不可数名词,且只表示泛指意义,不表特指意义(即不需要于指具体的某次旅游)。下面是travel 用作不可数名词的实例(不可数且表泛指意义):
Travel broadens one’s horizon. 旅游可开阔人的眼界。
Travel is very heavy here on holidays. 假日这里的交通非常拥挤。
The quickest means of travel is by plane. 旅游的最快方法是乘坐飞机。
Air travel has made the world seem a smaller place. 航空旅游好像使世界变小了。
Now that she’s an air hostess, foreign travel has lost its glamour for her. 她当上了空中小姐,到海外旅游对她已失去吸引力。
▲顺便说一句,travel 有时可用复数形式,主要指时间较长的各处旅游或海外旅游(此时可指某人具体的旅游),此时一般有物主代词或名词所有格修饰;但尽管用了复数形式,也不可以与many, few或数词连用。例句如:
He’s gone off on his travels again. 他又外出旅游了。
Tell us more about your travels. 再给大家讲讲你旅游的状况吧。
Did you go to Paris during your travels? 你在旅途中有没去巴黎?
You must have seen lots of interesting places on your travels. 你在旅游中肯定到过不少有趣的地方。
Did you meet anybody exciting on your travels? 在你旅游中,遇见过什么人,使你感到激动吗?