选定答案C
这里的 “定冠词 the + 形容词”属于下面语法介绍的第1种情况,表示具有“形容词”这类特征的人的集合,是复数名词,所以用C.
the+adj.的语法特点一般有以下4类:
1.复数性
“the+形容词”表示一类具有某种特征或特性的人时,通常表示复数意义,若用作主语,谓语要用复数.如:
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.富者愈富,贫者愈贫.
The injured were carried away on stretchers.用担架把受伤的人抬走了.
The old are more likely to catch cold than the young.老年人比年轻人更容易感冒.
2.单数性
“the+形容词”若表示抽象概念,则表示单数意义,用作主语时,谓语要用单数.如:
He doesn’t know the right from the wrong.他不辨是非.
The unknown is always something to be feared.未知的东西总是一种令人害怕的东西.
The beautiful is not always the good,and the good is not always the true.美未必是善,善未必是真.
3.单复性
有个别的“the+形容词”结构既表示单数意义,也表示复数意义,若用作主语,谓语动词用单数还是复数需视情况而定.如:the good 指“好人”时表复数意义,指“善”时表单数意义;the accused 指一名被告时表单数意义,指多名被告时表复数意义.比较:
The accused was acquitted of the charge.被告被宣告无罪.(指一人)
The accused were acquitted of the charge.被告均被宣告无罪.(指多人)
4.习惯性
(1) 有的表达带有一定的习惯性,如“病人”习惯说成 the sick,而不说 the ill.
(2) 这类结构习惯上不用于-’s 所有格形式,若语义需要,可考虑用 of 所有格.如:
正:He is interested in the problems of the poor.他对穷人的问题感兴趣.
误:He is interested in the poor’s problems