| 单词 | information |
| 释义 | information information /; AmE / noun
CREDIT INFORMATION, INSIDE INFORMATION, INSIDER INFORMATION, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
1 [U] facts or details about sth or sb: information about employees For further information, call ... This information is confidential. The leaflet is produced for the information of (= to inform) our customers. a piece of information an information desk/bureau/office The regulators requested additional information on the merger. ⇨ INFO
❖ to collect/gather/obtain/receive information ◆ to give/pass on/provide information ◆ company/competitor/financial information
2 (AmE) [U with sing./pl. verb] = DIRECTORY ENQUIRIES
informational // adjective [only before noun]: informational advertising They launched an informational site last year.
IDIOMS
for information only written on documents that are sent to sb who needs to know the information in them but does not need to deal with them FYI
GRAMMAR
Uncountable nouns
Many nouns in English are uncountable, they are not used with a or an, and do not have plural forms, for example information: I need some information.
In order to refer to a particular number of an uncountable noun, especially one, you can join the noun to a word that is countable, or use a countable synonym instead.
(0#50#50)
Uncountable noun A particular number
equipment a piece of equipment
machinery a piece of machinery a machine
software a piece of software an application a program
training a training course a training programme
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