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the[(轻读)ðə; ðə(在子音之前), ðɪ; ði(在母音之前); (重读)ði; ði:]《与指示词 that 同字源》(定冠词)(cf. a, an)A[限定用法] 这, 那, 该, 话题中的1 a. [冠于由前面已说过的名词或语句前后关系而可确定所指之物的可数名词之前]He keeps a dog and a cat. The cat is bigger than ~ dog.他养一只狗和一只猫, 那只猫比那只狗大I'm going to the post office.我正要去邮局b. [冠于由前面已说 过的名词或语句前后关系而可确定所指之物的不可数名词之前]Turn the light off, please.请关灯He's talking on the telephone.他正在讲电话c. [冠于限定性修饰语所修饰的可数或不可数名词之前]the water in the pond池塘的水the book (which) you lost你所遗失的书d. [冠于最高级形容词或序数所修饰的名词之前]the greatest possible victory空前的大胜利the tenth chapter of the book该书之第十章Which way is the shortest ?.哪一条路最近 ?(◆{用法}于可知省略了名词的叙述用法最高级形容词之前亦冠以 the)e. [又常冠于其最高级之意义被 of 明确地限定的最高级副词之前]I like John (the) best of all.我 (在所有的人当中) 最喜欢约翰f. [冠于无形容词修饰而被用作主词的表示天空、风、天候等之意的名词之前]The wind was cold.寒风(◆{比较}A cold wind was blowing.)The sky was cloudless.天空中无云(◆{比较}It was a cloudless sky.)g. [尤其在否定、疑问句中, 通常冠于带有限定语之不可数名词之前]I haven't got the time to answer these letters.我没有回这些信的时间 [我没有时间回这些信]We didn't have the money for a house.我们没有买房子的钱 [我们没钱买房子]h. [用以指人的身体[衣服]之某部位]I took him by the sleeve.我抓住他的衣袖The dog bit him on the leg.狗咬了他的腿i. [冠于表时期之名词之前]newspapers of the time那时期的报纸about this time of the year每年这个时候j. [冠于表一日之时间 划分的名词之前]in the morning在早上 [上午]k. [冠于 -ties 字尾的复数名词之前]in the seventies在七十年代Your grade was in the nineties.你的分数是九十几分2 (冠于仅指出名称, 对方即可明瞭其为何物之名词)a. [冠于独一无二的名词之前](◆{用法}有形容词修饰时, 有时冠以不定冠词; 如 a new moon; 以大写字母开始的天体古典名称不冠 the; 如 Mars, Venus)the Almighty万能的上帝the sun太阳the moon月亮the earth地球(◆{比较}作为行星名称时为 Earth)the world世界b. [冠于表特定之人、地方、时期等之名词之前]the East东洋; (美)东部地方the West西洋; (美)西部地方the River(英)泰晤士河the Channel英吉利海峡the Middle Ages中古时代Reagan was elected President.雷根当选总统(◆{用法}表示职位、头衔的名词当作补语或同位格时, 身分、资格的意义超越人而常成无冠词)c. [冠于表某一家族中之一员的名词之前](◆{用法}表示家族中一员的名词在家族之间使用时, 当专有名词用而成无冠词; 如 Come here, father. 爸爸, 请您来这儿)The wife is not well today.(口语)太太今天不舒服The children have gone to play with their friends.孩子跟他们的朋友去玩了d. [冠于表季节、方位等之名词之前](◆{用法}春、夏、秋、冬通常为无冠词, 但有时冠以 the; 如 Spring has come. 春天已经来临了 in (the) spring 在春季)The sun rises in the east.太阳由东方升起The rainy season has set in.雨季开始了3 (冠于特定的专有名词之前)a. [尤冠于复数之山、岛、国等之名称之前]the Alps阿尔卑斯山脉the Philippines菲律宾 (群岛)the Netherlands荷兰the United States (of America)(美利坚) 合众国(◆{用法}在简写之前亦冠以 the; 如 the U.S.)b. [尤冠于具有描述性的单数都市、 山等之名称前]The Hague海格(◆源自荷兰语 'the garden' 的意思)the Sudan苏丹(◆源自阿拉伯语“黑 (人之国) ”的意思)the Jungfrau少女峰(◆源自德语“处女”的意思)c. [冠于河川、海峡、运河、沙漠等的名称之前]the Mediterranean (Sea)地中海the Sahara撒哈拉沙漠the Suez Canal苏彝士运河the Atlantic (Ocean)大西洋the Hudson哈德逊河d. (冠于某一些特定的街道、桥梁名称之前)(◆通常无冠词)the Oxford Road (由 London 通往 Oxford 的) 牛津路(◆{比较}伦敦市内的Oxford Street 则无冠词)the Brooklyn Bridge (纽约市的) 布鲁克林桥e. [冠于船舰名之前](◆{用法}船名通常用斜体字; 船名前有 S.S. (=steamship) 等时, 常省略 the S.S. Queen Mary 玛丽皇后轮)the Queen Mary玛丽皇后轮f. [冠于政府或公共机构、设施之建筑物名称之前](◆{用法}例外多, 故须注意; 如 Buckingham Palace, Harvard University; 车站、机场、港口等的名称无冠词; 如 Heathrow Airport, Waterloo Station)the White House(美国的) 白宫the Alhambra阿尔汉布拉宫殿the British Museum大英博物馆The University of London伦敦大学g. [冠于书籍、报刊、杂志名称之前](◆{用法}(1)书籍等之标题通常用斜体字; (2)以人名作书名者则无冠词; 如 Hamlet)The Times (英国的) 泰晤士报The Oxford English Dictionary牛津英语辞典(略作 the OED)The Economist经济学家(杂志)h. [冠于 ﹍language 形式之语言名称]the English language(◆{用法}通常仅作不可数名词 English 一字)i. [冠于称号、爵位等之前] 现在的…, 当时的…(◆{用法}但有姓氏或名字紧接在其后时则无冠词) the King 国王(◆King Edward 爱德华国王)the Queen女王(◆Queen Elizabeth 伊利莎白女王)the President总统(◆President Reagan 雷根总统)j. [在苏格兰、爱尔兰等冠于族长姓氏之前]the Mackintosh麦肯托西一族k. [冠于同位格名词, 或形容词+人名之前, 或与人名连用之同位格名词或形容词之前](◆{用法}在人名之前修饰之形容词为 good, great, old, young, poor 等带有感情之字时无冠词; 如 Little Emily, Old Jolyon)the poet Byron诗人拜伦the ambitious Napoleon野心勃勃的拿破仑William the Conqueror征服者威廉Alfred the Great阿佛烈大帝4[ i; i:] [用以强调] 出众的, 无比的, 最高的, 超级的, 一流的(◆{用法}通常用斜体字)That's the hotel in Tokyo.那是东京一流的饭店The physicist was named Einstein, but he wasn't the Einstein.那位物理学家名叫爱因斯坦, 但他不是那位鼎鼎大名的爱因斯坦B[代表用法] 指全体1 a. [冠于可数名词的单数形前] 指其所属种类之全体The gramophone was invented by Thomas Edison.留声机为爱迪生所发明The dog is a faithful animal.狗是忠实的动物(◆{用法}同样的意思也可用A dog is a faithful animal., Dogs are faithful animals. 表达, 其中以最后一句之措辞最口语化; man 和 woman 除了在与 child, boy, girl 等对比地使用时以外, 以单数代表其同类之全体时亦不冠以 the; 如 Man is mortal. 人皆有一死)b. [冠于可数名词的单数形前, 以表示该物所象徵之特色、性质、职业、能力等]the brute in man人的兽性the poet in him他的诗思the stage舞台, 戏剧 (界)the pulpit宗教界The pen is mightier than the sword.(谚)→ pen 2.c. [冠于表国民、阶级、家族姓氏等的复数名词或集合名词之前]the Liberals = the Liberal Party自由党the Morgans摩根一家 (的人们)the aristocracy贵族 (阶级)2 (冠于形容词, 分词之前)a. [代用作抽象名词; 当单数用]the sublime崇高the beautiful美b. [代用作普通名词; 常当复数用]the poor穷人, 贫民the deceased故人, 已故者, 死者the dead and wounded死伤者3 (冠于作为弹奏、趣味等之对象的乐器名称之前)(◆{用法}通常用作 play, like 之受词; 运动名称则无冠词)play the piano弹钢琴I like the guitar better than the violin.我喜欢吉他甚于小提琴4 a. [尤冠于本身为复数形之疾病名称之前]She's got (the) mumps [measles].她患了耳下腺炎 [麻疹]b. [冠于表神经异常等之复数名词前]He's got the creeps [fidgets, jitters, blues].(口语)他在哆嗦 [烦躁, 心神不宁, 忧郁]5 [冠于表比率的计量单位之前; 通常以 by the, to the 之形式; cf. a 5]by the dozen [hundred, thousand, etc.]以打 [百, 千 (等) ] 计a dollar by the day每天一美元(◆{比较}一般用 a dollar a [per] day)17 oz. to the dollar每一元十七盎司This car does 30 miles to the gallon.这部汽车每一加仑 (汽油) 跑三十哩→ to the HOUR.[(轻读)ðə; ðə(子音之前), ðɪ; ði(母音之前)]副词1 [冠于形容词, 副词的比较级之前] 愈, 更, 越发, 反而更I like him all the better for his faults.因为他有缺点我越发喜欢他The dark made the house look all the eerier.黑暗使那房子显得更阴森可怕She looks (all) the worse for her dieting.她因节食 (脸色) 反而更不好看2 [相关地冠于比较级形容词, 副词之后, 以表比例的关系] 愈…愈…, 更… (到什么程度) 就更… (到那个程度)The more, the merrier.越多越快活The sooner, the better.越快越好The more we know about life, the better we can understand the books we read.人生之事懂得越多, 我们越能理解所读的书 |