1、冠詞用法補充知識1. 定冠詞 the 可以用在表示海洋，河流，山脈，群島，某些國名，組織機構，報紙，雜志，書籍，會議，條約，信仰等名詞前。如：to the lefton the waythe Atlantic 大西洋the Sahara 撒哈拉沙漠the Yangtze （ the Yangtze River）長江the Philippines菲律賓群島the Netherlands荷蘭the Thames 泰晤士河the Alps 阿爾卑斯山the Grand Canal 大運河the Taiwan Strait 臺灣海峽the Yellow Sea 黃海the Antarctic Circ

2、le 南極圈Note: 但是下列這類名詞前零冠詞：Life 生活周刊the Senate 參議院the House of Representatives 眾議院（美國）the Duma 杜馬the House of Commons下議院（英國）the Book of Poetry 詩經the Three Gorges 三峽the Louvre 盧浮宮the Imperial Palace 故宮the Pentagon 五角大樓Time時代周刊Parliament議會News Week新聞周干U含有 Mount , Lake, Cape 等表示孤島，獨山，湖泊的名詞前一般不加Congress 國

3、會定冠詞，但中國湖泊名詞前卻常帶定冠詞。如：Lake Baikal 貝加爾湖Hainan IslandMt, Fuji 富士山Mt. Ali 阿里山Lake Michigan Cape of Good Hope2. 下列慣用語中要求用定冠詞at the same timeby the wayall the year roundin the distanceon the run 在流傳on the spotat the sceneat the end of for the better好轉in the long runon the side of在某人一邊on the ground好望角Moun

4、t Jolmo Lungma 珠穆朗瑪峰the Dongting Lakethe Taihu Lakeon the increaseon the wholewith the exception of 除夕卜go to the doctortake the consequencebe armed to the teethin the endfor the time beingon the air 在播送中，流傳on the other handby the hourin the shadethe other day 前幾天under the circumstancesto tell the tr

5、uthbreak the ice 打破沉默keep the peace 維持治安show sb. the doorgo to the theater （不客氣地）請某人離開3. 下列成對使用的名詞或名詞，形容詞等固定搭配中，零冠詞。這類用法的詞，詞義有些很接近，有些指同一事物或含有對比，對照的arm in armbit by bit含義。如：right and wrongfriend and foeside by sidehusband and wiferich and poortown and countrypencil and notebooktrack and fieldface to

6、facefather and sonfrom right to leftyoung and oldhand in handpen and inkfrom south to northhands and kneesbread and butterstep by stepall in allhead and shoulders 遠勝于hand and foot 手腳一起，周到地back to backtime after timeword for wordback and forthfrom top to bottomlight and darkfish and chipslaw and orde

7、rlife for lifefrom cover to coverone by onefrom ear to ear 咧嘴笑inch by inch如：in redin the redin officein the office behind time behind the timein schoolin the schoolin hospitalin the hospitalin class4. 下列短語有無定冠詞意思不同。如果名詞表示的是具體的建筑物或事物，有定冠詞 the ，但如果是與這些建筑物或事物有關的情形或活動，或表明其用途或作用等則零冠詞。in the classout of o

8、fficeout of the officein secretin the secretkeep housekeep the housecome out of prison /hospitalcomeout of the prison /hospitalgo to school /universitygo to the school /universityat the schoolin prisonin fearin dangerat presentin effectby mistakein honour ofin forcein peacein shortin troublein debta

9、t warby way ofon saleon boardin officeon guardby dayby the dayat schoolin the prisonin bedin the bedgo to prisongo to the prisongo to bedgo to the bedgo to towngo to the townat tableat the tableat seaat the sea5. 下列慣用語要求不用冠詞詞）by heartin returnout of handat handgive wayunder wayout of mindout of date

10、at homeaccording to planrun for lifefrom bad to worsein sight ofin commonmake waylose heartin chargeout of placeat bottomkeep pace withon arrivalout of jobwithout questioncatch fireat riskleave schoolby chanceon duty6. 下列慣用語要求使用不定冠詞。in a wayall of a suddenin a senseat a lossof a sizehave a word withhave a trymake a livingtake an