1. | （指已提到或易领会到的人或事物）used to refer to sb/sth that has already been mentioned or is easily understood |
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。 |
2. | （指独一无二的、正常的或不言而喻的人或事物）used to refer to sb/sth that is the only, normal or obvious one of their kind |
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？ |
3. | （解说时用）used when explaining which person or thing you mean |
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 |
4. | （用以泛指）used to refer to a thing in general rather than a particular example |
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。 |
5. | （与形容词连用，指事物或统称的人）used with adjectives to refer to a thing or a group of people described by the adjective |
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 |
6. | （用于姓氏的复数形式前，指家庭或夫妇）used before the plural of sb's last name to refer to a whole family or a married couple |
Don't forget to invite the Jordans. 别忘了邀请乔丹一家。 |
7. | （指特定用途的事物）足够，恰好enough of sth for a particular purpose |
I wanted it but I didn't have the money. 我想买那东西，但钱不够。 |
8. | （与计量单位连用）每，一used with a unit of measurement to mean ‘every’ |
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。 |
9. | （与时间单位连用）当前的，本，此used with a unit of time to mean ‘the present’ |
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。 |
10. | （重读，表示所指的为知名或重要的人或事物）used, stressingthe , to show that the person or thing referred to is famous or important |
Sheryl Crow? Not 'the 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 'the place to be. 那时候伦敦是不可不去的地方。 |
