2013年12月英语六级写作冠词用法3
2013年12月英语六级写作冠词用法3
定冠词的主要用法
a) 用于单数名词前,表示“某一类人或物”,以区别于其他人或物。例如:
The tiger is a fierce(凶猛的) animal. (相当于A tiger is a fierce animal.或Tigers are fierce animals.)
In this tribe the woman goes out hunting and the man stays at home to look after the children.
下面三句中的斜体部分不能互换:
Who invented the radio? (指类别)
Who had a radio? (指同类中的任何一个)
Who manufactured radios?(指这一类中的所有个体)
man 指“人类”时,不用the。例如:
Man will conquer nature.
b) 用于指世上独一无二的东西,如 the moon,the sun,the world等。
c) 用于表示“乐器”的名词前,但一般不用于表示“体育运动”的名词前。例如:
Can you play the guitar?
I play football every day.
d) 用于某些形容词前,可表示“一类人”。例如:
The young are impatient;they want changes.
e) 一般不用于表示“疾病”的名词前。例如:
I’m just recovering from rheumatism(风湿病).
下列病名前一般用a/an:
I have an ache in my head (a pain in the neck).
He has a cold/a fever.
特指时需要用the。例如:
Jim has never really got over the malaria(疟疾)he caught in the East.
f) 一般不用于表示“膳食”的名词前,但有形容词修饰时用the。例如:
Breakfast is served at eight.
The wedding breakfast was held in her father’s house.
如果泛指,用a/an。例如:
He gave us a good breakfast.