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| 1 | used when you are referring to a particular thing or person that has already been mentioned or is already known about (用于指已提及的或已知的事物或人) |
| Have you locked the door? 你锁门了吗？ |
| I have to look after the children. 我必须照看孩子们。 |
| A nurse brought me some bread and coffee, but the bread was stale and the coffee tasted of soap. 一位护士给我拿来一些面包和咖啡，但面包不新鲜，咖啡喝起来有肥皂味。 |
| | 1a | used when it is obvious which one you are referring to because there is only one （用于指独一无二的事物） | | The sun was hidden behind a cloud. 太阳躲在云层后面。 | | the US president 美国总统 | | I’ ll meet you outside the main entrance. 我在大门外等你。 | |
| | 1b | used when you are referring to familiar things that people deal with regularly （用于指人们经常打交道的熟悉的事物） | | I looked up at the ceiling. 我抬头看着天花板。 | | Suddenly all the lights went out. 突然所有灯都灭了。 | | a place to shelter from the wind and the rain 挡风遮雨的地方 | |
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| 2 | used before a singular noun when making a general statement about people or things of a particular type （用于单数名词之前，泛指某一类型的人或事物） |
| The average university student is not very interested in politics. 大学生普遍对政治不太感兴趣。 |
| People have come to depend on the car as their only means of transport. 人们开始把汽车当作自己唯一的交通工具。 |
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| 3 | used when referring to a part of a particular thing （用于指某事物的一部分） |
| Take the top of the piece of paper and fold it so that it is even with the bottom. 抓住纸张的顶端，将其对折，并使上下两边对齐。 |
| | 3a | used when referring to parts of the body (用于指身体部位) | | He has a gunshot wound in the neck. 他颈部有枪伤。 | |
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| 4 | used before dates or periods of time (用于日期或时期之前) |
| the 4th of July 7月4日 |
| The next day he flew back to Paris. 第二天他飞回了巴黎。 |
| the 1930s/the eighties etc popular music of the 1960s 20世纪60年代的流行音乐 |
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| 5 | used when explaining which person or thing you are referring to （用于说明所指的人或事物） |
| Who was the actor who played Romeo? 扮演罗密欧的演员是谁？ |
| We live in the house with green shutters. 我们住在那所带有绿色百叶窗的房子里。 |
| We shall be interviewing Peter Carey, the author. 我们将采访作者彼得·凯里。 |
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| 6 | used before a noun that refers to an action , especially when it is followed by ‘of’ （用于动作性名词前，尤其是接在of之后的动作性名词） |
| the destruction of a whole city 整座城市的毁灭 |
| the death of Queen Victoria 维多利亚女王之死 |
| the burning of several houses 几幢房屋的焚毁 |
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| 7 | used before the names of seas, rivers, deserts , or groups of mountains （用于海洋、河流、沙漠或群山的名称之前） |
| the Pacific Ocean 太平洋 |
| the Thames 泰晤士河 |
| the Sahara 撒哈拉沙漠 |
| the Alps 阿尔卑斯山 |
| | 7a | used before the names of large public buildings （用于大型公共建筑名称之前） | | the Town Hall 市政厅 | | the Science Museum 科学博物馆 | |
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| 8 | used before an adjective to form a noun when you are referring to the type of thing described by the adjective （用在形容词之前构成名词，指该形容词描述的那一类事物） |
| the impossible/supernatural/unthinkable etc Are we attempting to achieve the impossible? 我们是在试图达到不可能实现的目标吗？ |
| a belief in the supernatural 对超自然力量的信仰 |
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| 9 | used before superlative adjectives and words such as ‘first’ , ‘second’ , ‘next’ , and ‘last’ （用在形容词最高级前或first,second, next, last 等词之前） |
| the best hotel in Paris 巴黎最好的宾馆 |
| It was the first time I’ d ever met a real live film star. 那是我第一次亲眼见到电影明星。 |
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| 10 | used before an adjective to form a plural noun when you are referring to people of a particular type or people from a particular country （用于形容词之前构成复数名词，指某一类型的人群或来自某一国家的民众） |
| the rich/poor/young/unemployed etc a policy of taxing the rich to help the poor 向富人征税以帮助穷人的政策 |
| the French/British/Japanese etc The Japanese eat a lot of seafood. 日本人大量食用海产。 |
| | 10a | used before a plural name when you are referring to members of a particular family （用于姓氏的复数形式之前，指某一家庭的所有成员） | | She’ s been living with the Wilsons for nearly three months. 她和威尔逊一家住了差不多有3个月了。 | |
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| 11 | usually in negatives used when saying whether there is enough of something for a particular purpose （用于说明为达到某个目的某物是否足够） |
| He didn’ t have the strength to go on fighting. 他没有足够的力气继续战斗下去。 |
| I’ d like to start my own business – that’ s what I’ d do if I had the money. 我想自己创业，要是我有钱，我会那么做的。 |
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| 12 | used when you are saying what type of musical instrument someone plays （用于说明某人演奏的乐器） |
| Lorna started playing the violin when she was only seven years old. 洛娜刚刚7岁的时候就开始拉小提琴。 |
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| 13 | used when a particular person , thing , or place that you are referring to is the famous one , or is the best or most fashionable （用于表示提到的人、事物或地方是著名的、最好的或最流行的） |
| ‘The man’ s name was Alfred Hitchcock.’ ‘Not the Alfred Hitchcock?’ “那个人的名字是阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克。”“不是那个大名鼎鼎的阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克吧？” |
| For night-life, Juan-les-Pins is definitely the place. 瑞昂莱潘无疑是夜生活的最佳去处。 |
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| 14 | used before the name of a dish when ordering food , especially in an expensive restaurant （尤指在高级餐馆点菜时用在菜名之前） |
| I’ d like the salmon, please. 请给我来份三文鱼。 |
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| used with ‘more’ , ‘less’ , and other comparatives for showing that when an amount , activity , feeling , or quality increases or is reduced, it causes something else to increase or be reduced at the same time |
| 越…越…（与more,less 或其他比较级连用，表示随着数量、活动、感觉或质量的增加或减少，某物也相应地增加或减少） |
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| The more people who help, the better. 帮忙的人越多越好。 |
| The sooner we finish, the happier I’ ll be. 我们越早完成，我就越高兴。 |
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