定冠词the的用法
(1)表示特指和第二次提到的人或物:
Here the books you want.
I saw a film last night. The film was wonderful.
(2)表示世界上独一无二的东西:the sun;the earth;the moon
(3)用在序数词、形容词最高级前面:the first-class;the third floor;the longest river
(4)用在江、河、湖、海、山脉、群岛、海峡、海湾、沙漠、方位前面:
the Changjiang river;the West Lake ;the Great Canal(大运河);
the Taiwan Strait;on the right/left;in the north/south
(5)与某些形容词连用表示一类人,动词用复数形式:
the poor/rich/old/young/sick/old/new/wounded
The young have to learn from the old.(年轻人要向老年人学习。)
The right and the wrong are the opposites.
(6)在乐器的名词前面:She likes to play the piano/violin/guitar.
(7)在某些表示时间的词组中:
in the morning/afternoon/evening/night(but at noon/night);
in the daytime;in the 1870's/1870s
(8)用在姓氏的复数前面:The Smiths are sitting at the breakfast table.
(9)在表示发明物的名词前面:
The gunpowder was invented in China 400 year age.
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876.
The teacher showed us a telescope and said it was Galileo who invented the telescope.
(10)用在表示国家和民族的形容词前面表示该国的人民:
the English/Chinese/Japanese/French
(11)用在由普通名词构成的专用名词前面:
the United States(联合国);the New York Times(纽约);
the People's Liberation Army(中国人民解放军)
(12)用在表示计算单位的名词前面,常含“每”,“每一”的意义,或相当于“按……计算”:
These workers are paid by the hour/piece.(计时/件取酬)