(1)在表示双方都明白的人或物的名词之前:
take the medicine. 把药吃了。
(2)在上文提到过的人或事的名称之前:
he bought a house. i‘ve been to the house.
他买了幢房子。我去过那幢房子。
(3)在指世上独一无二的事物的名词之前:
the sun, the sky, the moon, the earth
(4)与单数名词连用表示一类事物,如:
the fox is cunning .狐狸是狡猾的。
(5)与形容词或分词连用,表示一类人:the rich 富人; the living 生者。
(6)用在序数词和形容词级,及形容词only, very, same等前面:
where do you live? i live on the second floor.你住在哪?我住在二层。
that‘s the very thing that ineed那正是我需要的东西。
(7)在表示“…世纪…年代”的结构之前
he began to learn russian in the 1950s. 他在20实际50年代开始学俄语 .
但注意:in one‘s 50s意为“在某人五十多岁时”.如:
he looked quite healthy though he was in his 80s.
(8)在比较级的两种句型中: ①表示“越 ……,就越……”时。如:
the lighter, the better. 越轻越好 .
② 表示“两者中比较……”时,用定冠词。如:
there are two books on the table. i like the thicker one.
(9)用在“动词+sb.+介词+the+身体部位名称”的结构中(注意:介词常用in/on/by)。如:
the ball hit me on the back. 球打中了他的头 .
(10) 在表示“计量单位”的可数名词前(注意:介词用by)。如:
the workers are paid by the hour/day/month. 按月付给工人工资 .
(11)用在某些由普通名词构成的专有名词前:the great wall(长城),the people‘s park(人民公园)等。
the people‘s republic of china中华人民共和国
the united states美国
(12)用在表示乐器的名词之前:
she plays the piano. 她会弹钢琴。
the little girl likes to play the violin. 小女孩喜欢拉小提琴。
(13)定冠词用在文艺活动,运动场所的名称前。
they are going to the cinema tonight. 他们今晚要去*看电影。
(14)用在姓氏的复数名词之前,表示一家人:
the greens格林一家人 (或格林夫妇)
(15)在方位名词之前 ,如:in the west on the west
(16)在某些短语中 in the day, in the morning (afternoon,evening), the day after tomorrow ,the day before yesterday, the next morning, in the sky (water,field,country) in the dark, in the rain, in the distance, in the middle (of), in the end, on the whole, by the way, go to the theatre