1. 表达「相同型态」的一群人- the police
这边的名词以「一群同样性质的人」为单位，，一律保持单数 (singular) 的形式，不大可能看到该名词以复数 (plural) 的形式出现。
audience 听众；观众；读者
The audience was disappointed as the thunderstorm approached, and the outdoor stage play was forced to end abruptly.
观众因为突然下大雷雨、室外舞台剧突然结束而感到失望。
cabinet 内阁；内阁会议
After the election, the next president of the United States will organize his or her own cabinet.
选举结束后，美国的下一任总统将组织他或她自己的内阁。
committee 委员会
The zoning committee has unanimously agreed that the public park will not be demolished to build a parking structure.
区域划分委员会已一致决定不允许为了建造停车场而拆除公园。
crew 全体人员
The new regional manager of a large engineering firm is hiring new salesmen, technicians, and internal staff to build a new crew.
大工程公司的新区域经理将聘请新的业务、技术人员与内部人员，建立新的团体。
crowd 人群
The crowd gathered to watch the gymnastic performance in the park.
人群聚集在公园看体操运动员的表演。
faculty 师资
The faculty body is looking forward to a new semester after an extremely cold winter.
师资团队在期待着酷寒冬天后的新学期。
family 家庭
The family is immigrating to a different country to build a better future.
那个家庭为了建立更好的未来，移民到不同的国家。
gang 帮派
The residents of a quiet suburb were disturbed by a teenagers’ gang that was driving fast and making loud noises all night.
安静的郊区的居民因为青少年帮派的飙车、吵闹整晚而感到不安。
government 政府
1984 is a novel by George Orwell that describes a dystopian world, in which everything is controlled by the government.
《一九八四》是乔治·奥威尔写的小说，描述了一个一切都是由政府控制的反乌托邦世界。
group 集团
Among a large group, an individual’s ability to think critically and make rational decisions based on his or her own perspectives is often sabotaged.
在大型群体中，一个人批判性的思考能力与根据自我观点来做决定的能力往往会被破坏。
jury 陪审团
The jury finally reached a verdict after days of debate.
争论好几天之后，陪审团终于作出裁决。
police 警察
The police came to ask the host of the party to turn down the music because his neighbors were not happy with the noise.
警察要求开趴的主人降低音乐的音量，因为他的邻居们被吵到很不高兴。
staff 工作人员
The boss was moved that his staff prepared a lovely surprise birthday party for him.
老板因为员工为他准备了一个惊喜生日派对而感动。
team 团队；队伍；球队
The basketball coach was enraged by the gossip column’s negative publicity regarding his team’s outrageous behavior.
篮球教练因为八卦专栏负面宣传他球队的粗暴行为而动怒。
2. 当团体量词中的人需要被「区分」，并描述其中人的「个体性」- the audience
在上面列举的各种团体量词前后加上一些指称「个体」的叙述，就可以让句子聚焦在其中的一个或数个个体。看看下面的例子：
audience 听众；观众；读者
After two encores, the dedicated fans in the audience were unwilling to leave, and their applause led the singer back on stage for one more song.
两个安可后，在观众的忠实粉丝仍不愿离开，而他们的掌声让歌星又回来舞台上、多唱了一首歌。
cabinet 内阁；内阁会议
John Kerry, Jacob Lew, and Loretta Lynch are cabinet members under President Obama.
约翰·凯瑞、路杰克、与洛丽泰·林奇是奥巴马总统领导下的内阁成员。
committee 委员会
The diligent members of the housing rights committee host meetings every week to answer questions for both the tenants and landlords.
房务委员会辛勤的成员每星期都会举办会议，以回答房客与房东双方的问题。
crew 船员
The captain treats everyone in his crew as his family, always putting their needs ahead of his own.
船长对待他的船员如家人，总是把他们的需要放在自我的前面。
crowd 人群
The ones wearing white t-shirts in the massive crowd of protesters showed their intention to protest in peace.
众多示威者中，穿白色T恤的的人表明他们希望和平抗议的理念。
faculty 师资
The new members of the faculty have fallen in love with the faculty club that always serves delicious lunches and dinners.
新的师资成员已经爱上了总是提供美味午餐和晚餐的师资俱乐部 。
family 家庭
The elders in the family wish to help the younger members with their careers.
家里的长辈希望能助晚辈事业一臂之力。
gang 帮派
The members of the gang all have tattoos on the back of their heads.
该帮派的成员都在后脑勺刺青。
government 政府
The three branches of the American government are executive, judicial, and legislative.
美国政府的三个分支是行政，司法和立法。
group团体
The three girls who were always the closest group in college maintains an intimate bond after graduation.
在大学中感情最好的三人帮毕业后仍然是一个亲密的群体。
jury 陪审团
The majority of the jury members felt sorry for the defendant’s disadvantaged background, but a few of them remain unmoved by the sad story.
大多数陪审团成员对被告的弱势背景感到同情，但其中一些人仍不为所动。
police 警察
Two handsome policemen helped the old lady who couldn’t find her way to the train station.
两位帅哥警察替找不到火车站的老太太带路。
staff 工作人员
Not until the staff members voiced their opinions did the boss realize that the company has many problems unsolved.
员工们表达了他们的意见后，老板才意识到公司有许多待解的难题。
team 团队；队伍；球队
The members of the team always respects and cares for each other.
队员们总是尊重与照顾彼此。
3. 表达思想、资讯、或本来就一致是以群量形式表达事物的名词- good advice
英文中有些名词，一律是以单数的形式出现。参考一下以下例句：
advice 意见
Good advice is often unpleasant to hear.
忠言往往逆耳。
economics 经济；经济学
Economics is a subject that everyone should study in high school.
经济学是一门大家在高中应学的课程。
evidence 证据
The lack of evidence made it impossible for the victim to press charges.
由于缺乏证据，受害者无法提出告诉。
information 消息；报导；情报资料
The revolution of digitalized information is reshaping the way we think, research, and communicate.
数字化资讯正在重新塑造我们思想、研究与沟通的模式。
jewelry 珠宝；首饰
Ever since she lost her favorite necklace, she locked up all her jewelry in a safe.
自从她失去了心爱的项链，她就把所有的首饰锁在保险箱里了。
knowledge 知识；学识；学问
Zhungzi once said that, it’s da
ngerous to pursue infinite knowledge within a finite life.
庄子曾说用有限的生命追求无限的知识是危险的。
luggage 行李
The tourists shopped so much that they were charged for their oversized luggage at the airport.
游客买了好多东西，在机场只好支付行李过大的费用。
news 新闻；消息；报导
Nowadays, anyone who is still talking about others’ Facebook newsfeed from last week is as uninteresting as old news.
这年头还在谈论别人FB上周的消息就像是旧闻一样无趣。
4. 运用表示部分的表分词来区分群量词中的数量、与不同的思想形式
相对的来看，表达事物的量词当然也有需要被区分的时候，也就是最适合表量表达的表分词 (partitive expressions) 出现的时候了！
advice 意见
People who are always giving tips of advice to others without being asked often judge others first, because they don’t want be judged.
有些人因为不想要被评论，就会常常先批判别人，在没有人问的时候主动提供他人意见。
economics 经济
The ups and downs of the current economic weathers across the globe do not look optimistic.
目前各国的经济状况起伏看起来都不乐观。
evidence 证据
These two pieces of evidence were all it takes for the police to arrest the suspects.
两项证据足以让警方逮捕嫌犯。
information 消息；报导；情报资料
The information desk at the airport must provide all kinds of important information to respond to unusual enquiries.
机场询问处必须提供重要资讯来回答各种奇怪的问题。
jewelry 珠宝；首饰
The prices of different jewelry sets at the exhibition ranged from a few hundred to a few million dollars.
在展场上不同的珠宝组合的价格从几百到几百万美元都有。
knowledge 识；学识；学问
Infinite amount of knowledge in various fields is useless if people don’t learn how to apply it.
如果人们不学习如何运用，无限的各领域知识也无济于事。
luggage 行李
Large and small pieces of luggage get lost or misplaced at the airport every day, but the airlines always try to get each piece back to its owner.
各种大小的行李每天都会在机场遗失，可是航空公司总是尽力去物归原主。
news 新闻；消息；报导
Smartphones are delivering the latest news from various sources to everyone’s fingertips, and one of the latest news alerts is that it might soon be against the law to simultaneously walk and look at our phones.
智慧型手机让大家让各种管道提供的最新消息只有一键之隔，而最新的新闻之一就是，走路时看手机可能很快就会违法了。
5. 当可以转换成可数或不可数的名词中，以不可数的形式呈现- drinking water
在可数名词 (countable nouns) 与不可数名词 (uncountable nouns) 中也有灰色地带。有的名词通常以单数的形式出现，可是在不同的状况下，也可以变成复数来配合想要表达的意境。
food 食物；食品；粮食
I am a fan of Italian food.
我超爱吃义大利菜。
beer 啤酒
Beer is high in calories.
啤酒热量很高。
coffee 咖啡
Moderate amount of coffee is good for the cardiovascular system.
适量的咖啡有利于心血管系统。
juice 果汁
Fresh orange juice is loaded with Vitamin C.
新鲜的柳橙汁含有大量的维他命C
soda 汽水
Soda contains a lot of sugar.
汽水中含有大量的糖。
water 水
Human beings cannot survive without fresh drinking water.
人类若没有新鲜的饮用水便无法生存。
wine 酒；葡萄酒
The new wine club is beautiful, and the service is friendly. The ones who don’t drink wine also enjoy spending an evening there.
新的品酒俱乐部又美又有良好服务，即使不喝酒的人也喜欢去享受一个美好的夜晚。
hair 头发
Curly hair always comes back in fashion every few years.
卷发总是每隔几年又流行起来了。
paper 纸张
Paper was a rare commodity in ancient civilizations.
纸是古文明时代稀有的商品。
room 空间
Some of us took the stairs to the third floor because there wasn’t enough room in the elevator.
我们有些人用走的到三楼因为电梯没有足够空间了。
time 时间
Young people always assume time will forever be on their side, because it seems impossible to grow old.
年轻人总是认为时间站在他们那边，因为他们好像永远不会老。
space 空间
In ancient studies, ether, one of the five great elements, is the equivalent of the modern concept of space.
在古老文化的研究中，五大元素中的「苍穹」是现代的「空间」概念。
6. 当相同的名词以「可数的形式」呈现- two waters
当通常以「不可数名词」的形态出现的名词加上「表量分词」，变得可被明确计算时，就理所当然地用「可数的方法」来表达。
foods 食物；食品；粮食
You can find many different kinds of foods in any shopping mall in Taiwan.
在台湾任何的商场中都可以找到许多不同种类的食物，
beers 啤酒
The two sisters had a few beers together on a Saturday night, and walked home together.
两姐妹在一个周六的晚上一起喝了几瓶啤酒，然后一起散步回家。
coffees 咖啡
The manager bought enough coffees and teas from Starbucks for the employees who were working late to meet the deadline.
经理替晚上还在赶死线的员工在星巴克买了足够的咖啡与茶。
juices 果汁
The smoothie is made of fresh juices, nonfat yogurt, and honey.
冰沙中有不同的新鲜果汁、脱脂优格蜂蜜。
sodas 汽水
The teenager drinks six sodas a day, and his parents are concerned about his health.
他每天喝六罐汽水，让父母替他的健康担忧。
waters 水（杯装或罐装）
The waiter brought two waters to the table with only one customer by mistake, and she asked him to leave her with both.
服务员端错了两杯水到一位客人的桌上，而她请他把两杯都放下。
hairs 头发（一丝一丝的）
The customer who found two hairs in his spaghetti sent the dish back, and did not feel comfortable to order anything else.
在意大利面条发现两根头发的客人把菜退回了，也丝毫不想再点餐了。
papers 论文；报告
During the last week of the semester, many students had multiple papers due on the same day, and no one cared about the scary headlines on the newspapers.
在学期最后一周，很多学生在同一天要交多篇论文，便没有人关心报上吓人的头条了。
rooms 房间
The hotel didn’t have three separate rooms available, so the three friends shared one a large suite.
旅馆没有三间空房，所以三个朋友一起住一间大套房。
times 次
The children told each other the same jokes many times, but they never stopped laughing.
小朋友们互相讲了许多次一模一样的笑话，可是他们每次都会笑。
space 空间；间隔
The arrangement of living spaces is a modern art that many wish to master.
生活空间的安排是许多人希望掌握的一门现代艺术。
