beer与beers
1. 表示“啤酒”,作为物质名词,不可数;表示种类时,可数。如:
Some people don’t like beer. 有些人不喜欢喝啤酒。
Beer has a very distinctive smell. 啤酒有特别的气味。
There the beer was specially good. 那里的啤酒特别好。
They buy less beer and fewer cigarettes now. 现在他们买的啤酒和香烟比过去少了。
Most beers are made from barley. 大多数啤酒是大麦酿制的。
2. 在口语中,可表示“一杯(瓶、罐)啤酒”,此时是可数名词。如:
Two beers, please. 请来两杯啤酒。
Help yourself to a beer. 喝杯啤酒。
Would you like a (glass of) bear? 喝杯啤酒吗?
Two beers, please. 请给我两杯啤酒(from www.yywords.com)。
There are a few beers left in the fridge. 冰箱里还剩几罐啤酒。
We went to a bar after work and had a couple of beers. 我们下班后到酒吧间去喝一两杯啤酒。