the the[轻读)ðə; ðə(在子音之前), ðI; 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,对方即可明了其为何物之名词)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