一、定冠词的用法
定冠词the 有this, that, these, those等意思,用于单数或复数名词前。主要用来特指,使一个或几个事物区别于所有其他同名的事物。
1、指前文已经提到过的人或事物。如:I wrote an article. The article was about physics.
2、指说话人都知道的人或事物。如:Please close the door before you leave.Let’s go to the classroom.
3、名词有定语修饰时,须用定冠词the,表示特指意义。如:The book on the desk is his.The teacher who talked with you is her mother.
4、用于世界上独一无二的事物前。如:the sunthe moonthe earththe skythe world
5、用在序数词前面表示顺序。如:I live on the fourth floor.My mother is always the first one to come and the last one to leave.
6、与其他词连用,构成固定词组。如:on the leftin the northin the front of
7、在表示乐器名称的名词之前用定冠词。如:the pianothe violin
8、用在形容词或副词的最高级前面。如:This was the most interesting voyage we had ever had.He is the tallest of us
9、用在形容词前面,表示复数意义的某一类人或事物。如:the richthe poorthe youngthe livingthe newthe rightthe truethe beautiful
10、在表示江河、山脉、海湾、海峡、沙漠等专用名词之前加定冠词。如:the Changjiang Riverthe Nilethe Alpsthe Himalayas
11、用在年代、朝代、时代名词前。如:the Qin Dynastythe Ming Dynastyin the 50’sthe spring period
12、和表示姓氏名词的复数形式连用,表示某姓氏一家人或夫妇二人。如:the Listhe Martins
二、不用冠词的情况
1、除一些特殊情况外,专用名词以及抽象名词和物质名词前不加冠词。如:Man is mortal.Miss Smith came in power at last.
2、当名词前已有this, that, my, his, any, every, some, no, those, these等词修饰时或有所有格修饰时,不必加冠词。如:She is my sister.This article you had written is very wonderful.
3、在交通工具、学科名称等名词前不加冠词。如:by planeby boatChinesePhysics