汉译英常见错误 | 我们上星期买了几件家具

[译] 我们上星期买了几件家具。
[误] We bought several furnitures last week.

[正] We bought several furniture last week.
[正] We bought several pieces of furniture last week.
[注] furniture 是集合名词,没有复数形式,表示“一件家具”,可以说 a piece of furniture,“两件家具”就是 two pieces of furniture。而表示“几套家具”,既可以说 several furniture,也可以说 several pieces of furniture。