二、意义一致原则

“意义一致”是指，侧重于依据实质意义使主谓保持一致。

1.形式虽为单数但意义为复数的名词，谓语动词用复数。

Cattle eat grass.牛吃草。

The police were called in.警察被召来了。

2.“the+形容词（或过去分词）” 指一类人时，谓语动词用复数。

The injured were taken to hospital.受伤的人都送进了医院。

The English do not drink much wine.英国人不喝很多酒。

3.形式为复数而意义上是单数的名词谓语动词用单数。

Mathematics is the language of science.数学是科学语言。

His Selected Poems was first published in 1965.他的《诗歌选集》最早是1965年出版的。