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🔑 theBrE /ðə/NAmE /ðə/BrE /ði/NAmE /ði/BrE strong form /ðiː/NAmE strong form /ðiː/ definite article🔑 used to refer to sb/sth that has already been mentioned or is easily understood (指已提到或易领会到的人或事物)◆There were three questions. The first two were relatively easy but the third one was hard. 有三个问题。头两个相对容易,第三个困难。◆There was an accident here yesterday. A car hit a tree and the driver was killed. 昨天这里发生了一起事故。一辆小轿车撞到树上,驾车的人死了。◆The heat was getting to be too much for me. 天气热得快让我受不了了。◆The nights are getting longer. 夜越来越长。🔑 used to refer to sb/sth that is the only, normal or obvious one of their kind (指独一无二的、正常的或不言而喻的人或事物)◆the Mona Lisa 《蒙娜丽莎》◆the Nile 尼罗河◆the Queen 女王◆What's the matter? 怎么回事?◆The phone rang. 电话铃响了。◆I patted her on the back. 我拍了拍她的背。◆How's the (= your) baby? 宝宝好吗?🔑 used when explaining which person or thing you mean (解说时用)◆the house at the end of the street 街尽头的房子◆The people I met there were very friendly. 我在那里遇到的人很友善。◆It was the best day of my life. 这是我一生中最美好的一天。◆You're the third person to ask me that. 你是第三个问我那件事的人。◆Friday the thirteenth 十三号,星期五◆Alexander the Great 亚历山大大帝🔑 used to refer to a thing in general rather than a particular example (用以泛指)◆He taught himself to play the violin. 他自学拉小提琴。◆The dolphin is an intelligent animal. 海豚是聪明的动物。◆They placed the African elephant on their endangered list. 他们把非洲大象列为濒危动物。◆I heard it on the radio. 我从收音机里听到了这件事。◆I'm usually out during the day. 白天我通常不在家。🔑 used with adjectives to refer to a thing or a group of people described by the adjective (与形容词连用,指事物或统称的人)◆With him, you should always expect the unexpected. 在他身上你应随时料到有意想不到的事情发生。◆the unemployed 失业者◆the French 法国人🔑 used before the plural of sb's last name to refer to a whole family or a married couple (用于姓氏的复数形式前,指家庭或夫妇)◆Don't forget to invite the Jordans. 别忘了邀请乔丹一家。enough of sth for a particular purpose (指特定用途的事物)足够,恰好◆I wanted it but I didn't have the money. 我想买那东西,但钱不够。🔑 used with a unit of measurement to mean 'every' (与计量单位连用)每,一◆My car does forty miles to the gallon. 我的车每加仑汽油跑四十英里。◆You get paid by the hour. 你领的是时薪。used with a unit of time to mean 'the present' (与时间单位连用)当前的,本,此◆Why not have the dish of the day? 何不试一下今天的特色菜?◆She's flavour of the month with him. 她是他眼下的红人。BrE /ðiː/NAmE /ðiː/used, stressing the, to show that the person or thing referred to is famous or important (重读,表示所指的为知名或重要的人或事物)◆Sheryl Crow? Not ˈthe Sheryl Crow? 雪瑞尔 · 克洛?莫不是大名鼎鼎的雪瑞尔 · 克洛?◆At that time London was ˈthe place to be. 那时候伦敦是不可不去的地方。 ●the more, less, etc.…, the more, less, etc.… 🔑used to show that two things change to the same degree (用以表示两个事物按照同一程度变化)越…越,愈…愈◆The more she thought about it, the more depressed she became. 她越想这事越沮丧。◆The less said about the whole thing, the happier I'll be. 对整个事情议论得越少,我越高兴。 |