英语定冠词用法归纳

(8)用于表示一类人

His concern for the poor is only a pose. 他对穷人的关心只不过是做做样子罢了。

We shared out food and clothing to the poor. 我们把食品与衣服分给穷人。

The poor get poorer and the rich get richer. 穷者愈穷，富者愈富。

We demand that the rich shall pay for them. 我们要求富人为它们付款。

He stole from the rich to give to the poor. 他偷富人的东西去接济穷人。

The number of the unemployed is still increasing. 失业的人还在增加。

The unemployed lead a hard life. 失业的人过着艰难的生活。

(9)用于江河湖海等前

用于江河湖海、山脉群岛、海湾海峡等地理名词前。如：

The Yangtse River is one of the arteries of traffic in China. 长江是中国的要道之一。

The Huang He River is the cradle of Chinese culture. 黄河是中国文化的摇篮。

The Missouri River flows eastward into the Mississippi. 密苏里河向东流入密西西比河。

The Changjiang River irrigates vast stretches of farmland along its course. 长江灌溉着两岸的大片农田。

The Red Sea separates [divides] Africa from Asia. 红海把非洲和亚洲分开。

The Mediterranean Sea bathes the shore of Italy. 地中海环抱着意大利的海岸。

People always associate Hangzhou with the West Lake. 提起杭州，人们就联想到西湖。

The Dead Sea is below sea level. 死海在海平面以下。

They’ve gone to the West Lake for boating. 他们到西湖划船去了。

Bowness is on Lake Windermere. 鲍内斯位于温德米尔湖畔。

(10)用于某些含有普通名词的专有名词前

用于某些国名、组织机构、建筑物、报纸杂志、会议条约等含有普通名词与其他词构成的专有名词。如：

I shall never forget seeing the Great Wall for the first time. 我永不会忘记第一次看见长城的情景。

The ambassador made forceful representations to the White House. 该大使向白宫提出了强烈抗议。

I visited the White House a week after my arrival in the United States. 我到达美国一周后参观了白宫。

August the first is the Army Day of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. 8月1日是中国人民解放军的建军节。

(11)用于整十的复数数词前

表示几十年代。如：

She was born in the fifties. 她生于50年代。

He was a superstar of the fifties. 他是一位50年代的超级明星。

He went to Japan with his family in the sixties. 他在60年代带家人去了日本。

(12)用于比较级前

用于“the+比较级，the+比较级”结构中表示“越……就越……”。如：

The slower you drive, the safer you are. 车开得越慢就越安全。

The better I know him, the more respect do I have for him. 我越是了解他，就越尊敬他。

The more expensive petrol becomes, the less people drive. 汽油越贵，开车的人就越少。

The more you know, the more you’ll realize how little you know. 你知道得越多，你就越会体会到你知道得那么有限。