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| 释义 | the /'before consonants:Ss; da; before vowels: Si; Si; strong form: Si:; Si/ def art 1 (used as a less specific form of this, these, that, those, applied to person(s), thing(s), event(s), etc already referred to or being discussed. Note the changes from the indef art to the def art in these sentences): (为，this, these, that, those 的较不明确的形式，用以指已提过的或正在讨论中的人、物、事等。注意下列诸句中从不定冠词变为定冠词的用法)： An old man and an old woman once lived in a small hut by a river near a forest. One day the old man left the hut and went into the forest to gather wood. The old woman went to the river to wash clothes. 从前有一位老人及一位老妇住在河畔靠近森林的一座小茅屋里。 有一天那位老人离开茅屋，进入森林去采薪。那位老妇到河边去洗衣服。 2 (used when who or what is re-ferred to is quite obvious): (用于所指的人或物十分明显的情况)： Please take these letters to the post office, ie the post office near by, the post office of this district. 请把这些信拿到邮局去(指附近的或本区的邮局)。 Please close the window, ie the window that is open. 请把窗户关起来 (指兰着的那个窗户)。 Shall we have a walk by the river? eg in London, the River Thames. 咱宿到河边去散散步好不好？(如在伦敦，指的是泰晤士河。) 3 (used with a n when it stands for sth unique): (与代表独一无二事物的名词连用)： the sun; 太阳; the moon; 月亮; the year 1939; 一九三九年; the universe. 宇宙。 4 (used with n such as sea, sky, wind (as in 2 above) when there is no adj): (与无形容词修饰的名词如 sea, sky, wind 等字连用，用法如上列第 2 义)： The sea was ca/m. 海上风平浪静。 There's an aeroplane in the sky. 天上有一架飞梭。 Isn't the wind strong! 多强的风两! Note that the use of an adj to describe the sea, wind, etc may make the use of the indef art possible: 注意：这些字如有形容词修饰，亦可能用不定冠词： There was a calm sea (cf 参较 The sea was calm) when I crossed from Dover to Calais. 我从多佛渡海至加来时，海上风平浪静。 What a stormy-looking sky! 好一个阴沈的天空，像是暴风雨要来了！ There was a cold wind (cf 参较 The wind was cold) 台起了一阵冷风。 5 (used with a n if it is modified by a phrase or clause that makes it unique): (如蚤名词部片语或子句所修饰因而具有独特性质时，则与该名词连用 Y.the back of the house; 房屋的后部; Me left side of the road; 京的左侧; (In many phrases the def art is or may be omitted: 在许多片语中，定冠词须省去或可以省去： from beginning to end; 自始至终; from (the) top to (the) bottom; 从顶端到底部; 加 (the) future. 在未来。) 6 (used with the superl): (与殽高级连用)： the best way to get there; 去那里最佳的方法; the tallest of the five men; 五人中的鼓高若; the most interesting book I have ever read. 我纽过的迎有趣的书 。 (The def art is not needed in the predicate after the v 'be' when the super! is used without a n: 接在 be 动词后面的高级形容词不围名词连用时无需定冠词： It is wisest (— The wisest plan is) to avoid the centre of the town. 避开市中心足技聪明的 (最聪明的计划)o When most means very, the def art is not used: 作 very 解的 most 之前，不加定冠词： The story was most exciting. 这故事非常动人。 This is a most useful reference book. 适电一本极有用的参考书。) most2(3). 7 used before 用于下列各尊有名词之前 a names of seas and oceans: 海洋的女称： the Mediterranean, the Red Sea; 地苗福，红海; the Atlantic (Ocean). the Indian Ocean. 大西昆，印度洋。 b names of rivers and canals: 河流及运河的名称： the Nile; 尼罗河; the river Thames; 泰晤士河; the Suez Canal. 苏伊士运河。 c pl geographical names: 复数地理名称： the Alps; 阿尔卑斯山; the Philippines; 菲律宾群岛; the West Indies; 西印度群句 the Netherlands. 商兰。 d in a few geographical names: 在少数几商地存中： the Sudan; 苏丹; the Sahara. 撒哈拉。 8 (used with adj and participles to denote all members of a class): (与形容词及分词连用，表示一类的全体分子) : the rich, the young, and the beautiful; 富人、年轻人及美丽的人; the dead, the dying, and the wounded, eg after a battle. 死者、垂死者及伤者。 9 the + adj, (equivalent to an abstract n) : (与形容词连用，相当瓜抽象名词) : the sublime, sublimity. 崇高。 10 (used formerly with names of diseases, now usually ommitted except with colloq or si pl) : (昔舆病名连用, 现在除口语或俚语的复数外，通常不加定冠词)： She's got the creeps/the fidgets/the blues. 她感到战栗 (不安，沮丧) 。 Survivals of the older use: 残存的旧用法： The child has (the) measles. 那孩子患麻疹。 11 Note: 注意 (乐器名称前面加 the)： to play the piano/the violin/the banjo, etc, 弹钢琴 (拉小提琴; 扇班究毎等) ，but (with names of games) : 但是 (游成名韩葡面不加 the) to play tennis/football/ cards/chess/billiards, etc. 打网球 (踢足球; 玩牌; 下棋; 打弹子等) 。 12 (used with a sing common n to denote the whole class, eg of animals or plants): (与单数普通名词连用表示全类, 如指动物或植物)： Is it true that the owl cannot see well in daylight? 猫头鹰白天看不淸楚是真的吗? (In colloq style, the use of the pl, without the def art, is more usu: 口语中，不加定冠词的复数形式更为通用： Is it true that owls cannot.. . 13 (used in a similar way with names of inventions. In this case the use of the def art with the sing n is usu in both liter and colloq styles): (与发明物连用，用法同上。唯定冠词与单数名词连用的用法，在文学及口语文体中皆通用)： don't know who invented the wheel. 我们不知道轮子是谁发明的。 The telephone is a most useful invention. 电话是一项极有用的发明。 14 (used with n expressing a unit): (与名词连用表示一单位)： This car does thirty miles to the gallon, ie to each gallon of petrol. 这部汽车每加仑汽油跑三十英里。 These apples are small; there are seven or eight to the kilo, ie to each kilo. 这些苹果很小; 一公斤有七、八个。 I get paid by the hour, ie I earn so much for each hour's work, 我是按小时计酬的。 adv by so much; by that amount; (used before an adj or adv in the comparative degree to indicate that fwo things increase or decrease in a parallel way, or that one increases in a degree equal to that by which another decreases): 达此程度; 至该数额; 愈; 更; (用于形容词或副词的比较级前，表示二物同样増加或减少, 或一方增加的程度相当于另一方减少的程度)： The more he gets the more he wants. 他得到的愈多，想要的愈多。 The more he reads the less he understands. 他愈读愈技不懂。 |
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