定冠词的用法
1、特指双方都明白的人或物.例如:
Take the medicine.把药吃了.
2、上文提到过的人或事.例如:
He bought a house.I've been to the house.他买了幢房子.我去过那幢房子.
3、指世上独一物二的事物,如the sun,the sky,the moon,the earth等.
4、与单数名词连用表示一类事物,如the dollar 美元; the fox 狐狸;或与形容词或分词连用,表示一类人:the rich 富人; the living 生者.
5、用在序数词和形容词最高级,及形容词only,very,same等前面.例如:
Where do you live?I live on the second floor.你住在哪?我住在二层.
That's the very thing I've been looking for.那正是我要找的东西.
6、与复数名词连用,指整个群体.例如:
They are the teachers of this school.(指全体教师)
They are teachers of this school.(指部分教师)
7、表示所有,相当于物主代词,用在表示身体部位的名词前.例如:
She caught me by the arm..她抓住了我的手臂.
8、用在某些由普通名词构成的国家名称、机关团体、阶级、等专有名词前.例如:
the People's Republic of China 中华人民共和国
the United States 美国
9、用在表示乐器的名词之前.例如:
She plays the piano.她会弹钢琴.
10、用在姓氏的复数名词之前,表示一家人.例如:
the Greens 格林一家人 (或格林夫妇)
11、用在惯用语中.例如:
in the day,in the morning (afternoon,evening),the day after tomorrow
the day before yesterday,the next morning,
in the sky (water,field,country)
in the dark,in the rain,in the distance,
in the middle (of),in the end,
on the whole,by the way,go to the theatre
拓展资料:
不用冠词the的情况
1.在专有名词和不可数名词前。
I'm going to England next week for a holiday.
下周我将要去英国度假。
2.可数名词前已有作定语的物主代词my, your, his, her等;指示代词this/ these, that/those; 不定代词 some, any等及所有格限制时。
The letter is in her pocket. 信在她的衣袋里。
3.复数名词表示一类人或事物时。
My father and mother are teachers.
我的父亲和母亲是教师。
4.在星期、月份、季节、节日前。
The best time to come to China is in spring or autumn.
到中国来的最好时间是春季或秋季。
Today is Thursday, September 10th, Teacher’s Day.
今天是九月十日,星期四,教师节。
[注意] 如果月份、季节等被一个限定性定语修饰,则要加定冠词。
He joined the Army in the spring of 1982.
他在1982年春季参军。
5.在称呼语或表示头衔的名词前。
Happy Teachers’ Day, Miss Zhao!
Here it is, Mom!
6.在学科名称、三餐饭和球类运动名称前。
I think Chinese is more popular than any other subject.
我认为汉语比其它学科更普及。
Can you play basketball?
你会打篮球吗?
We are going to play football. 我们去踢足球。
[注意]I can see a football.(指足球,并非“球类运动”)
Where’s the football.
7.某些固定词组中不用冠词。
(1)与by连用的交通工具名称前
by bus, by car, by bike, by train, by air/plane, by sea/ship
(2)名词词组
day and night, brother and sister, hour after hour, here and there
(3)介词词组
at home 在家
in surprise 惊奇地
at noon 在中午
(4) go短语
go home 回家
go to bed 上床睡觉