2016年高考考试英语浙江卷的第44题是如此的:
Professor David Wilson thinks that gossip can ________.
A. provide students with written rules
B. help people watch their own behaviors
C. force schools to improve student handbooks
D. attract the police’s attention to group behaviors
答案是B。请问:这里的复数形式的behaviors用得对吗?
通常词典上都注明behavior是不可数名词,但侧重具体行为时也有将它用作复数的。如:
Their behaviors offended against the local customs. 他们的行为违反了当地风俗。《简明英汉词典》
Your behaviours exercised a malign influence on the children. 你的行为对孩子们产生了不好的的影响。《简明英汉词典》
He was dismissed from the service for his careless behaviours. 他因玩忽职守而被革除。《现代汉英综合大词典》