定冠词the与指示代词this,that同源,有那个的意思,但较弱,可以和一个名词连用,来表示某个或某些特定的人或东西。
1)特指双方都明白的人或物:
Take the medicine. 把药吃了。
2)上文提到过的人或事:
He bought a house. Ive 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:
the sun, the sky, the moon, the earth
4)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:
Where do you live? I live on the second floor. 你住在哪?我住在二层。
Thats the very thing Ive 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:
They are the teachers of this school.指全体教师
They are teachers of this school.
7)表示所有,相当于物主代词,用在表示身体部位的名词前:
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:
the Peoples 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:
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:
the Greens 格林一家人
11) 用在惯用语中:
in the day, in the morning ,
the day after tomorrow, the day before yesterday, the next morning,
in the sky , in the dark,
in the rain, in the distance
in the middle , in the end,
on the whole, by the way, go to the theatre
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