这个reason不可数吗

问题描述

辅导书上有这样一个句子：
For some reason the charcoal wasn’t catching.
请问为什么reason没有用复数？reason在这里是不可数名词吗？句子意思如何理解？谢谢！

老师答疑

李老师：

1.《柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典》(外语教学与研究出版社 2011年7月第1版)P2174 认为：for some reason 是一个短语，意思是 If you say that something happened or is true for some reason, you mean that you know it happened or is true,but you do not know why 意思是：不知为何，不知什么原因 。 例如：
For some reason, the curtains were shut...
For some inexplicable reason she was attracted to Patrick.
2.《新牛津英汉双解大词典》P1766：for some reason
used to convey that one doesn't know the reason for a particular state of sffairs,often woth the implication that one finds it strange or surprising. 不知什么原因，不知何故。例如：
For some reason, he likes you.
For some reason the charcoal wasn’t catching. 意思是：不知什么原因，木炭点不着。

该句是 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (English۰Chinese) (Fourth Edition) (光盘版) catch 词条22的原句。

q老师：

reason 既可以是可数又可以是不可数名词。我认为这句子里的some是“某”之意，例如 some day（某一天）。仅供参考，也盼专家老师给予权威详实的指导。