汉译英常见错误 | 该厂须装备新机器

[译] 该厂须装备新机器。
[误] The factory should be equipped with new machine.

[正] The factory should be equipped with new machinery.
[注] machinery是集合名词,指机器的总合,只用单数形式。又如:The new factory contains much new machinery. 那家新厂拥有许多新机器。/How much new machinery has been installed? 安装了多少部新机器?machine属具体名词,可用单数或复数形式,如:How many new machines have been installed?