抽象、物質(zhì)、專有名,代詞基數(shù)用作限定;
泛指節(jié)假季節(jié)星期幾,球棋、呼語與餐名;
刊物、公告與標(biāo)題,普通名詞并列緊相鄰;
唯一職位,學(xué)科與語種,洲、國、省、市、縣街路名。
上述口訣用心牢記,并結(jié)合下列說明予以理解
①抽象、物質(zhì)名詞和專有名詞一般無冠詞,但物質(zhì)名詞、抽象名詞具體化,或?qū)S忻~泛指時(shí),常用不定冠詞,例:
a Mr Wang/a climb/a swim.
for a while/in a hurry/a fire Here is a life of struggle.
Physics is a science. There was a heavy rain last night.等抽象名詞受of短語修飾或上下文已予限定,用the.
如:the science of speech sounds 語音學(xué)
the music of the film, do me the favor to do sth.
②代數(shù)詞、基數(shù)詞作前置定詞,不用冠詞。
③泛指的節(jié)假日、季節(jié)、星期前不用冠詞。但是季節(jié)名詞表特定時(shí)間或受of知識(shí)修飾時(shí)用the.如:in the winter of 1948。
有時(shí)泛指時(shí)間用a+adj+名詞。如:have a hot summer.
④餐名前一般無冠詞。但餐名受adj修飾時(shí)常常有a(an).特指時(shí)用the.
如:have a good supper. The breakfast was well cooked.
dinner表“宴會(huì)”時(shí),是可數(shù)名詞,有各種冠詞修飾give a dinner to them.
⑤普通名詞并列時(shí)不用冠詞
soul and heart/husband and wife/day after day/arm in arm/hand in hand.
⑥語種前不用冠詞。但the English結(jié)構(gòu)用the。
What's the English for labour.
The English of shakespear.
作限定時(shí)用the.