定冠詞the的用法（中考、高考英語必背；內涵例題）

英語學習中，經常涉及到冠詞的用法填空及選擇，在學習定冠詞the之前我們先來了解一下冠詞的定義及分類吧。

一、冠詞是一種虛詞，本身不能單獨使用，也沒有詞義，它用在名詞的前面(相當於名詞的帽子)，幫助指明名詞的含義。（定義）

此外你還必須要知道：冠詞的泛指、特指

泛指是指首次提到的、不限定的人或事物。

特指是指在上文已提到的人或事物，也可以指雙方心目中所默認的特定的人或事物。

二、冠詞的分類

定冠詞(the)，不定冠詞(a/an)、零冠詞。

三、定冠詞的用法

（1）用在表示特指的人或物的名詞前

The book on the desk is mine.

Would you mind turning down the radio a little? The baby is sleeping.

（2）用在姓氏複數前，表一家人或夫婦二人

The Greens are at table.格林一家在吃飯。

The Chens are going to move to Beijing.姓陳的一家要搬到北京去。

(3) 用在年代、朝代名詞及逢十的數次（表某個年代前）或用在表示方位的名詞前。

the Tang Dynasty唐朝；the Spring and Autumn Period春秋時期；in the 1990s在20世紀90年代；the north北方/部

（4）表示在世界上獨一無二的事物前

the sun, the moon, the earth, the sky, the world

The sun rises in the east.

（5）在序數詞、形容詞最高級前，常用定冠詞the

1.January is the first month of the year.

2.Shanghai is the biggest city in China.

3.Last month, the most powerful storm hit the US mainland.

（6）「the+形容詞或分詞」有時也可表類指

the rich有錢人；the poor窮人；the young 年輕人；the old 老人

the dead死者；the deaf 聾人；the homeless無家可歸的人

the wounded傷員；the living生者；the dying死者

the unknown未知的事物

（7）用在某些固定結構/習慣用語

in the end最後；終於；in the distance在遠處；on the whole總之

at the same time同時；for the time being暫時

in the morning在早上/上午；in the afternoon在下午；in the evening在晚上

make the most/best of充分利用

at the moment此刻；by the way順便說一下

to tell you the truth說實話；老實說；in the long run從長遠來看

on the one hand...on the other hand一方面···另一方面

用法總結：定冠詞the用法口訣

單數名詞表類指，特指、熟悉已提及

姓氏複數、最高級，序數、方位、洋樂器；

獨一無二發明物，世紀、年代心中記；

普通名詞專有化，牢記定冠笑嘻嘻

四、關於定冠詞the的例題訓練

1. If you make __ most of forty-five minutes&39;ll save us a lot of money.

6.You are going yo be happier than before on condition that you have ___ education that enables you to do what you have to do in life.

7.In a week or so, I will be among ___ unemployed, I am afraid.

8.Last month, Scott Price flew through Hurricane Harvey, ___ most powerful storm to hit the US mainland in more than 10 years.

9. ___ cake you bought smells sweet, but I don&39;t have made such great progress without ___ help of his teachers.

11. Solving ___ problem of plastic pollution is important .

12. In ___ 1960s we were all a little wild and couldn&39;t remember the first two operations very well, but I do recall ___ third.