[名詞用法]名詞 look 可數嗎

　　May I have a look at your passport? 我可否看一下你的護照?

　　May I have a look at your photo? 我可以看你的照片嗎?

　　Let’s go into the hall and have a look round. 讓我們進大廳轉一轉。

　　Take a look at the list me and John made up. 看一看我和約翰開的清單吧。

　　I snatched a look at the answers while the teacher was out of the room. 趁老師不在房間時，我迅速地偷看了一下答案。

　　■表示“臉色”“神色”“眼色”“表情”等，可數。如：

　　His troubled look frightened her. 他苦惱的表情使她驚恐。

　　She threw me a look of encouragement. 她向我投來鼓勵的目光。

　　Her eyes held a look of silent appeal. 她眼中流露著無聲的求助神情。

　　The girl gave a look in my direction. 那個女孩朝我這邊看了一眼。

　　■表示“審看”“考慮”，只用單數形式。如：

　　Have you had a chance to take a look at my proposal yet? 你有機會考慮過我的提議了嗎?

　　I asked the vet to have a quick look at the puppies as well. 我叫獸醫(yī)順便也看一下這些小狗。

　　■表示“尋找”，只用單數形式。如：

　　I can't find them anywhere. Have a look yourself. 我哪里也找不著，你自己找吧。

　　She had a good look (=searched carefully) through the files. 她在文件中仔細尋過了。

　　■表示“外觀”“外表”，可數，但通常用單數形式。如：

　　The area has a very seedy look to it. 這個地區(qū)看上去破爛不堪。

　　Mr Flynn had a tired, ill look in his eyes. 弗林先生的眼中顯出倦意的病容。

　　■表示某物看上去的“樣子”，為可數名詞。如：

　　The neighbours are back from holiday by the looks of it (=that is how it seems). 看樣子鄰居已度假回來了。

　　I don't like the look of this new policy (=I do not like the way it seems). 我不喜歡這項新政策。

　　■表示“吸引人的外貌”，總是用復數形式。如：

　　Good looks are not as important as kindness. 好的容貌沒有好的心腸重要。(D88)

　　Fiona's got everything—looks, money and youth. 菲奧娜什么都有——美貌、錢財和青春。

　　主要參考書：《朗文英語語法》《英語常用詞多用途詞典》《朗文高級英語詞典》等.