汉译英常见错误 | 我要为新居买几件家具

[译] 我要为新居买几件家具。
[误] I'll buy some furnitures for my new house.

[正] I'll buy some furniture for my new house.
[注] furniture 是集合名词,不用复数形式。又如:What style furniture do you have? 你的家具是什么式样的?My furniture is traditional. 我的家具是老式的。/The carpenter makes modern furniture to sell. 那个木匠制作新式家具出售。如果说 “大量家具”,须说 a lot of furniture.