表总称的police 前必须要有定冠词吗
2024-07-14 07:41:35 学考宝 作者：佚名
问题描述
在不少书看到，当police 表总称时，其前必须要有定冠词。但事实上我经常见到它前面不用冠词的情况啊。比如下面这道题，它是一道2006年山东卷高考英语试题：
Police are now searching for a woman who is reported to __________ since the flood hit the area last Friday.
A. have been missing
B. have got lost
C. be missing
D. get lost
答案是B。
这句中的police前就没有定冠词。
老师答疑
刘老师：
1. police的意思是“警察”,指警察这个官方机构。The police are the official organization that is responsible for making sure that people obey the law. 是单数形式的复数名词,前面一般要用定冠词the, 但在英语报道或口语中，有时省略不用。后面跟动词的复数形式。
The police are also looking for a second car.警方也在寻找另一辆车。
Police say they have arrested twenty people following the disturbances.警方说骚乱发生后他们已逮捕了20人。
2.police可以指人（即：警察）。Police are men and women who are members of the official organization that is responsible for making sure that people obey the law.
用they，their等复数代词指代,可受these, most, several, many, dozens of等表示不确切的量词修饰,也可受2以上基数词修饰,但不可用a或one修饰表示单个警察。
More than one hundred police have ringed the area.这一地区已被上百名警察包围。
3. police在句中可用在其他名词前作定语。
I noticed a police car shadowing us.我注意到一辆警车尾随着我们。
