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used to refer to somebody/something 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。
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used to refer to somebody/something 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?
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used when explaining which person or thing you mean (解说时用) -
used to refer to a thing in general rather than a particular example (用以泛指) -
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) -
used before the plural of somebody’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) -
used with a unit of measurement to mean ‘every’ (与计量单位连用)每,一 enough of something for a particular purpose (指特定用途的事物)足够,恰好 used with a unit of time to mean ‘the present’ (与时间单位连用)当前的,本,此 -
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)
Word OriginOld English se, sēo, thæt, ultimately superseded by forms from Northumbrian and North Mercian thē, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch de, dat, and German der, die, das.