spain

spain — 名詞

1. a country in southwestern Europe that shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal

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釋義

西班牙

西南歐國家,位在伊比利半島

a country in southwestern Europe that shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal and has coastlines on both the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean

例句

Lara spent her summer vacation traveling through Spain with her family.

Lara 暑假和家人走遍西班牙各地旅行。

country name used without article

Spain has beautiful beaches along its Mediterranean coast that attract millions of tourists every year.

西班牙的地中海沿岸有美麗沙灘,每年吸引數百萬遊客。

Spain as grammatical subject of a sentence

用法筆記

Most country names, including Spain, are used without the definite article 'the'. You say 'in Spain', 'to Spain', 'from Spain'. The article is only added when referring to a specific historical period or aspect ('the Spain of the 1920s').

常見錯誤

I went to the Spain last year.
I went to Spain last year.
💡country names usually do not take an article.