中英之鉴 中式英语之鉴429

你是在寻找住处吧?

[误] Are you looking for an accommodation?

[正] Are you looking for accommodation?

注：accommodation 是个不可数名词，但在美国英语中常用复数，不过，无论英国英语还是美国英语，

accommadation 前都不可加不定冠词 an。这个词的意思是“a place to live”，指的是“(住宿用的)套房，旅馆房间，住房等”。

复数(accommadations)的用法：[住宿(有时包括伙食)等条件;房间、舱位、坐位或铺位等]须用复形，有

复念，常不可数。作“住宿(有时包括伙食)等条件”解，如： motel accommodations

The city has excellent hotel accommodations.

He\'s coming up here next week. I want to see about accommadations.

He wired the hotel accommadations directly by calling the Overland Park Ramada at 1-800-2 Ramada.