冠词的基本用法,定冠词the和不定冠词a/an
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英语冠词是虚词,不能单独使用,因而冠词用于名词前,可分为定冠词(the)、不定冠词(a/an)和零冠词(省略冠词)三种。
1.不定冠词的基本意思是“一个”:
Rome was not built in a day.
罗马不是一天建成的。(谚)
She'11 be back in a day or two.
她一两天内就回来。
也可表示“某一个”:
A gentleman wants to see you.
有一先牛想见你。
还可表示一类人或东西(这时不一定译为“一”字):
He is an architect.
他是建筑师。
A tiger is a ferocious animal.
老虎是猛兽。
不定冠词也常用于一些习惯短语中:
a little, a few, a lot of, a short while, a number of, catch a fever, take a try, all of a sudden, many a, in a hurry等等。
2.the和this,that同源,也表示“这个”,“那个”,但意思弱,常不译成“这”,“那”,多表示一个(些)特定的人或东西:
Can I speak to the manager?
我能和经理谈谈吗?
Where are the girls?
姑娘们在哪里?
Put it on the desk.
把它放在写字台上。
HOW do you like the film?
这部电影你觉得怎样?
还可表示一类人或东西:
The peasants did a lot for the war.
农民为这次战争做出了很大贡献。
The compass was invented in China.
指南针是中国发明的。
The lion is found in Africa.
狮子在非洲。
有些表示独一无二东西的名词,前面常常加the:
The sun is down.
太阳已经落山。
The moon moves round the earth.
月亮围着地球转。
The sky is clear and cloudless.
天空明净无。
定冠词还可和少数形容词连用,表示一类人或东西:
Soon she would be among the unemployed.
不久她将加入失业大军。
She has sympathy for the poor.
她同情穷人。
We mustn't attempt the impossible.
我们不能企图做不可能的事。
定冠词the常用于固定短语中:
in the evening/afternoon/morning, the day before yesterday, the day after tomorrow, one...the other, in the end, by the way, in the middle of等等。
1.不定冠词的基本意思是“一个”:
Rome was not built in a day.
罗马不是一天建成的。(谚)
She'11 be back in a day or two.
她一两天内就回来。
也可表示“某一个”:
A gentleman wants to see you.
有一先牛想见你。
还可表示一类人或东西(这时不一定译为“一”字):
He is an architect.
他是建筑师。
A tiger is a ferocious animal.
老虎是猛兽。
不定冠词也常用于一些习惯短语中:
a little, a few, a lot of, a short while, a number of, catch a fever, take a try, all of a sudden, many a, in a hurry等等。
2.the和this,that同源,也表示“这个”,“那个”,但意思弱,常不译成“这”,“那”,多表示一个(些)特定的人或东西:
Can I speak to the manager?
我能和经理谈谈吗?
Where are the girls?
姑娘们在哪里?
Put it on the desk.
把它放在写字台上。
HOW do you like the film?
这部电影你觉得怎样?
还可表示一类人或东西:
The peasants did a lot for the war.
农民为这次战争做出了很大贡献。
The compass was invented in China.
指南针是中国发明的。
The lion is found in Africa.
狮子在非洲。
有些表示独一无二东西的名词,前面常常加the:
The sun is down.
太阳已经落山。
The moon moves round the earth.
月亮围着地球转。
The sky is clear and cloudless.
天空明净无。
定冠词还可和少数形容词连用,表示一类人或东西:
Soon she would be among the unemployed.
不久她将加入失业大军。
She has sympathy for the poor.
她同情穷人。
We mustn't attempt the impossible.
我们不能企图做不可能的事。
定冠词the常用于固定短语中:
in the evening/afternoon/morning, the day before yesterday, the day after tomorrow, one...the other, in the end, by the way, in the middle of等等。
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