angola

angola — 名詞

1. a nation on the southwestern coast of Africa, bordered by Namibia, Zambia, and t

1.名詞
釋義

安哥拉

非洲西南部的國家，首都為魯安達

a nation on the southwestern coast of Africa, bordered by Namibia, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with Luanda as its capital and Portuguese as its official language.

例句

Maria's grandmother grew up in Angola before moving to Lisbon in 1975.

瑪麗亞的祖母在搬到里斯本之前，於安哥拉長大，那是一九七五年的事。

proper noun used without an article

Sofia's father works on an oil rig off the coast of Angola near Cabinda.

蘇菲亞的父親在安哥拉外海靠近卡賓達的鑽油平台上工作。

subject position; no article before the country name

文法句型

used without an article

用法筆記

Always written with a capital A and used without 'the'. Adjective and demonym form is 'Angolan'.

常見錯誤

❌She visited the Angola last year.
✅She visited Angola last year.
💡country names like Angola take no definite article.
❌He is angola.
✅He is Angolan.
💡use the demonym 'Angolan' for people or things from Angola, not the country name itself.