One of the most important types of words in English are nouns. Nouns are a part of speechthat indicate people, things, objects, concepts, etc. There are seven types of nouns in English. Here are the types of nouns in English with a short explanation.
名詞是英語中最重要的詞類之一。名詞是指代人、事、物、概念等等的詞語。英語中有七種類型的名詞。下面是對這些類型的英語名詞的簡要解釋。
1.Abstract Nouns
抽象名詞
Abstract nouns are nouns that refer to concepts, ideas, emotions, etc.
抽象名詞是指代概念、觀點、情感等的詞語。
Abstract nouns are nouns that you can not touch, are not made of materials, but play an important role in life. Here is a list of some common abstract nouns:
抽象名詞指代的是那些我們觸摸不到的事物，它們不是由某種材料制成的，但在生活中卻起著重要作用。下面是一些常見的抽象名詞的列表：
success
成功
depression
沮喪
love
愛
hate
反感
anger
憤怒
power
力量
importance
重要性
tolerance
容忍
Tom has had a lot of success this past year.
在過去的一年來，湯姆捷報頻傳。
Many people prefer to let love inspire them rather than hate.
比起被仇恨驅使，許多人都更情愿得到愛的鼓舞。
Jack has little tolerance forpeople who waste his time.
杰克很難容忍浪費他的時間的人。
The desire for power has ruined many good people.
許多優秀的人都是毀在對力量的渴望下。
2.Collective Nouns
集合名詞
Collective nouns refer to groups of various types. Collective nouns are most commonly used with groups of animals. Collective nouns can be used in both the singular and plural, although collective nouns tend to be used in the singular. Here are some common collective nouns referring to groups of animals:
集合名詞指代的是一組不同類型的事物。集合名詞最常用于表示一群動物。雖然有想單數形式演變的趨勢，集合名詞可以是單數形式，也可以是復數形式。
herd
獸群
litter
一窩(幼崽)
pack
一群
swarm
蜂群
hive
熱鬧的人群
The herd of cattle moved to a new field to graze.
牛群來到新的地方吃草。
Be careful! There’s a hive of bees near here.
小心!那兒有一群蜜蜂。
Collective nouns are also commonly used for names of institutions and groups within institutions such as academic, business and governmental organizations.
集合名詞通常也可以用來指代體系和體系下團體的名稱，例如學院、商業和政府組織。
department
部門
firm
公司
party
政黨
staff
員工
team
團隊
Staff will meet at ten thirty tomorrow morning.
員工們會在明天早上十點半集會。
The sales department met its goals last quarter.
上個季度，銷售部達到了要求。
3.Common Nouns
普通名詞
Common nouns refer to categories of things in general, never to specific examples something that are named. In other words, when speaking about education in general someone might refer to ’university’ in a general sense.
普通名詞指代的是常見事物的種類，而不是某個具體事物的名稱。也就是說，通常我們提到教育時，一般意義上來說可能會想到“大學”。
I think Tom should go to university to study science.
我認為，湯姆應該去大學學習科學。
In this case, ’university’ is a common noun. On the other hand, when ’university’ is used as part of a name it becomes part of a proper noun (see below).
在這種情況下，university(大學)是一個普通名詞。另一方面，當university用作某個名稱的一部分時，它就屬于專有名詞(見下文)。
Meredith decided to go to the University of Oregon.
梅雷迪斯決定去俄勒岡大學。
Note that common nouns that are used as the part of a name and become proper nouns are always capitalized. Here are some common nouns that are often used as common nouns and part of names.
注意，普通名詞用于指代名稱時就成了專有名詞，這時應該大寫。下面是一些常見的用于事物名稱的普通名詞。
university
大學
college
學院
school
學校
institute
學會
department
部門
state
州
There are a number of states which are in financial difficulty.
許多州都陷入了財政危機。
I think you need to go to college.
我覺得，你需要上大學。
4.Concrete Nouns
具體名詞
Concrete nouns refer to things that you can touch, taste, feel, see, etc. There are actual things that we interact with on a daily basis. Concrete nouns can be both countable and uncountable. Here are some typical concrete nouns:
具體名詞時代的是你可以觸摸、品嘗、感覺、看到等等的事物。我們每天都可以接觸到一些實實在在的物體。具體名詞有可數的，也有不可數的。下面是一些典型的具體名詞。
Countable Concrete Nouns
可數的具體名詞
orange
橙子
desk
書桌
book
書
car
車
house
房子
Uncountable Concrete Nouns
不可數的具體名詞
rice
米飯
water
水
pasta
意大利面
whiskey
威士忌
