令人頭疼的“the”的慣用法

1.the 通常用作冠詞,有時用作副詞。以下從 2 到 29 講的是冠詞,從 30 到 34 講的是副詞。?

2.哪里該用 the,哪里不該用 the,變化很多,一切該從習(xí)慣,不是幾條規(guī)則所能包括的。在這本詞典里講到不少,如 at night,at nights 和 by night 三種表達方式里沒有 the,但 in the night 里有 the(參見 night 3)。往往用 the 和不用 the 意思不同,如 in front of 和 in the front of(參見 front 1),keep house 和 keep the house(參見 house 1),out of question 和 out of the question(參見 question 1)。?

3.the 有時有“的確那一個而不是其他”、“那唯一的”、“那最著名的”、“那最典型的”或“那最理想的”的意思。例如:?

That is the book I was looking for. (那正是我剛才正在找的那本書。)?

That is the word to be used here. (那是這里該用的唯一的詞。)?

He is the poet of the day. (他是現(xiàn)代最著名的詩人。)?

Mary was the landlady. (瑪麗是最典型的女房東。)?

This is the drink for hot weather. (這個是熱天最理想的飲料。)?

在這種用法里,the 該特別重讀,手寫該加上一橫線在下面,印刷用斜體。the 的重讀,一向作[ei?],但因為 the 在不重讀的時候通常作[e?],近幾年來也有人在重讀的時候讀作[e?],如把the book 讀作[?e??b?k]。?

有時重讀的 the 跟重讀的 a 相對。例如:The lecture deals with the novel, not a novel. (這演講論述長篇小說這文學(xué)類型,并不論述某一本長篇小說。)?

4.the 通常不用在人名、地名或其他專有名詞的前面,但有例外:?

(1)the 用在姓的復(fù)數(shù)形式的前面,指“……家的人們”,如the Browns。the Browns 也許指 Brown 家全體的人們,也許指 Brown 家的弟兄們、姐妹們、夫婦們、父子們、母女們,總之指 Brown 家的兩人或兩人以上。有一個不合理而合乎習(xí)慣的用法該注意:如把the John Browns 用來指 Brown 夫婦和他們的子女,事實上只有 John Brown 自己叫 John Brown,他的妻和子女并不叫 John Brown。the Stuarts 指英國 Stuart 王朝。the Ptolemies 指埃及 Ptolemy 王朝。說“唐朝”、“宋朝”等英美人也往往用the T'angs, the Sungs 等,實際是不合理的。?

(2)Messrs Brown 和the Messrs Brown 都可以說。注意 Brown 作單數(shù)形式。?

(3)the Mrs Browns 里的 the 不可省去。注意 Browns 作復(fù)數(shù)形式。?

(4)the Miss Browns 和the Misses Brown 里的 the 不可省去。參見 miss 7?

(5)the Brown children,the Brown brothers,the Brown sisters,the brothers Brown,the sisters Brown 等表達方式里的 the 不可省去。?

(6)Chairman Mao,Premier Zhou,King George,Queen Elizabeth,General Lee,Professor Clarke 等前面沒有 the,但下面各種表達方式里習(xí)慣有 the:?

the Archduke Ferdinand,the Tsar Peter,the Emperor Napoleon,the Empress Wu(武則天)?

Chairman Mao,Premier Zhou,King George,Queen Elizabeth,General Lee,Professor Clarke 等都很普通。但下面各種表達方式都是美國報紙用語:?

Author Jack London, Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Critic J. Moore, Translator L. S. Greene, Lawyer P. Harrison, Farmer Wilson, Carpenter Maxwell?

(7)用 Reverend 或 Rev. 稱牧師時前面可以用the 或The,也可以不用,參見 reverend?

(8)下面各種表達方式里都沒有 the:?

dear John, poor John, little John, dear little John, poor little John, young John, old John, beautiful Jane Brown, Immortal Shakespeare, honest James, Heroic Stalingrad, Ancient China, Elizabethan England, Feudal Europe?

但the wise Solomon(聰明的所羅門[圣經(jīng)人名]),the ambitious Caesar (有野心的愷撒[古羅馬皇帝])等表達方式里習(xí)慣有 the,因為那形容詞是表示那個人的特性的。相似的有the restless Byron,the dreamy Alice,the frightened Harry,the disappointed Edward 等。the younger Pitt 和the elder Pitt(都是英國政治家,都叫 William Pitt,前者是子,后者是父)等表達方式里也習(xí)慣有 the。參見 young 2?

(9)the 用在姓的前面有時指有那個姓的最著名的人,例如假定某地有許多姓 Brown 的人,那最著名的是 John Herbert Brown,the Brown 便指 John Herbert Brown。這樣用法的 the 和 3 里所講的 the 相同,該特別重讀,手寫該在下面加上一橫線,印刷用斜體。?

(10)在蘇格蘭和愛爾蘭 the 用在族長的姓的前面,如the Mackintosh 和the Macgillcuddy。?

(11)the 用在人名或地名前面有時指跟那個人或那地方相像的人或地方。例如:

Lu Xun(魯迅)has been called the Gorky of China.?

Which city in England do you think may be called the Shanghai of the West??

(12)the 用在人名或地名前面有時指某時的某人或某地,有時指有那個名字的某一個個別的人或物。例如:?

When he came back, he was no longer the Brown we had known twenty years before, nor did he find Tsinan the Tsinan he had then known.?

The semi-feudal, semi-colonial China we used to live in is now a thing of the past.?

The William Moore I know is a doctor.?

The Cambridge, where Harvard University is, is so named in honour of the English university town.?

(13)復(fù)數(shù)形式的地名前面有 the。例如:?

the Alps(山脈)?

the Rockies(山脈)?

the Cotswolds(蘇格蘭的小山脈)?

the Ural Mountains?

the Berkshire Hills?

the East Indies(群島)?

the British Isles?

the Philippine Islands?

the Highlands(蘇格蘭的山區(qū))?

the Lowlands(蘇格蘭的平原區(qū))?

the Midlands(英格蘭的中區(qū)[各郡])?

the Potteries(英格蘭的瓷業(yè)區(qū))?

the Netherlands(國)?

the United States (of America)(國)?

the Americas(南北美洲[的各國])?

the Carolinas(美國的 North Carolina 和 South Carolina 兩州)?

the Dakotas(美國的 North Dakota 和 South Dakota 兩州)?

山脈名即使沒有 Mountains,Hills 或...s,前面也有 the,如the Altai 和the Tianshan(天山)。?

(14)河名、海名和洋名的前面有 the。例如:?

the Thames, the river Thames, the River Thames 或the Thames River (參見 river), the Yangtze River, the Huanghe, the Volga, the Rhine, the Ganges, the Baltic (Sea), the Caspian (Sea), the Pacific (Ocean), the Atlantic (Ocean)?

但英國的地名 Stratford-on-Avon,Stoke-on-Trent 等里的 Avon,Trent 等雖然也是河名,卻沒有 the。?

(15)關(guān)于湖名前面有 the 或沒有 the,參見 lake?

(16)關(guān)于山名...Hill 前面有 the 或沒有 the,參見 hill 3?

(17)關(guān)于路名...Road 前面有 the 或沒有 the,參見 road 3?

(18)Argentine,Crimea,Hague,Punjab,Riviera,Sahara,S(o)udan,Transvaal,Tyrol 和 Ukraine 各詞的前面習(xí)慣有 the,參見各詞條。Hague 前面通常用The,很少用the。?

(19)East End(倫敦的東區(qū)),West End(倫敦的西區(qū)),East Side(紐約的東區(qū)),West Side(紐約的西區(qū)),English Channel, Persian Gulf 各種表達方式前面有 the。?

但下面各種表達方式的前面沒有 the:?

Buckingham Palace(白金漢宮)?

London Bridge?

Scotland Yard(倫敦警察廳)?

Westminster Abbey(威斯敏斯特教堂)?

Province of Jiangsu 等表達方式前面有 the,但 Jiangsu Province 等表達方式的前面沒有 the。?

(20)船名前面可以有 the(或The),也可以沒有。在海軍界往往不用 the(或The),但在一般的文字里通常有 the(或The)。用了 the(或The)往往可以避免誤解,如 Queen Mary has just started 里的 Queen Mary 也許指人,也許指船,但The Queen Mary has just started 里的 The Queen Mary 一定指船,不指人。?

(21) the Park Hotel, the Bedford(旅館名),the Spreadeagle Inn, the George(客棧名),the Holborn(餐館名),the Grand Theatre 和the Shaftesbury(戲院名)各種表達方式里習(xí)慣有 the。假使沒有了 the,Bedford,Holborn 和 Shaftesbury 是地名,George 是人名。?

(22)書名、報紙名和雜志名的開首往往有 The,如The Concise Oxford Dictionary, The Times 和The Humorist。在不以 The 開首的書名、報紙名或雜志名前面也往往加上 the。但假使原來以 A 開首,便不可有 the,如A Dictionary of English Usage,決不可說 the A Dictionary of English Usage。假使原來以人名開首或全名是人名,也不可有 the,如不可說 the Gulliver's Travels 和 the David Copperfield。但可以說 The Dictionary of English Usage on the table is the new edition 和 The Gulliver's Travels I have borrowed from the library is a cheap reprint。?

Bible 前面有 the。Scriptures 前面有 the,但 Scripture 前面沒有 the。?

The Vicar of Wakefield 里有 The,但 Oliver Goldsmith's (The) Vicar of Wakefield 里的 The 可有可無。比較下面兩句:?

I advise you to consult The Oxford Companion to English Literature on the shelf.?

I advise you to consult the Oxford Companion to English Literature on the shelf.?

第二句里的 the Oxford Companion to English Literature 可能有三個意思:(a)書名里原來沒有 The 或 A。(b)書名的第一詞原來是 The。(c)書名的第一詞原來是 A。?

(23)注意下面三句里的 the:?

A new Jack Lindsay and a new James Aldridge have just appeared, I have bought the Aldridge only. ([現(xiàn)代英國作家]Jack Lindsay 的一本新著作和[現(xiàn)代澳洲作家]James Aldridge 的一本新著作剛剛出版,我只買了 Aldridge 的那本新著作。)?

He wants to sell the Turner. (他要出賣這張[英國 19 世紀(jì)畫家 Joseph Mallord William]Turner 所作的畫。)?

She is sitting in the Ford. (她正坐在這輛 Ford 牌的汽車?yán)?。?

(24)文學(xué)作品或藝術(shù)作品的名稱開首沒有 The 的有時前面也加上 the,表示它是著名的,如the Paradise Lost(英國詩人 John Milton 的長詩)和the Mona Lisa(意大利畫家 Leonardo da Vinci 的名畫“蒙娜·麗莎”)。?

(25)United States (of America), United Kingdom 和 United Nations 各種表達方式前面必須有 the,但它們的簡寫形式(U.S.(A.), U.K.和 U.N.)前面有時沒有 the。?

5.注意下面各句里的 English 前面的有 the 或沒有 the:?

Does he understand English??

Does he understand the English??

Is he making a study of the English language??

Does he study English literature??

Is this translated from the English??

This French word is derived from the English.?

Can he translate from English into Chinese??

What is the English for "電木"??

He likes the story, but does not like the English.?

第一句里的 English 統(tǒng)指英語,前面沒有 the。第二句里的 the English 指“英國民族”。第三句里用 language,前面有 the(參見 language)。第四句里用 literature,前面沒有 the(參見 literature 1)。第五句里的 English 是 from 的賓語,有 English original 或 English of the author 的意思,前面有 the。第六句里的 English 有 English origin 的意思。第七句里因為 Chinese 前面沒有 the,所以 English 前面也沒有 the。但加上 the 也可以。第八句里的 English 有 English word 或 English expression 的意思,前面有 the。第九句里的 English 有 English of the story 的意思,前面有 the。?

6.比較下面各語:?

Byron the poet(1.那著名的詩人拜倫[不是別人]2.就詩人而論的拜倫[不是就人而論或就革命者而論的拜倫])?

Byron, the poet(拜倫,那著名的詩人)?

Byron, a poet(拜倫,一個詩人)?

Byron, poet(跟 Byron, a poet 意思相同,人名詞典等參考資料里往往沒有 a)?

the poet Byron(詩人拜倫[不是其他詩人,也不是其他拜倫])?

7.下面每組里的三句意思相同(the..., a...和...s 都統(tǒng)指...):?

第一組里的第一句最不普通,第三句最普通。第二組里的第二句不很自然。?

注意不說The dogs are faithful animals 和 This dictionary will prove of great value to the Chinese students of English。下面兩句都有the...s,注意指“某個民族”或“某種人”:?

The Germans are an intersting people.?

He says he keeps away from the lawyers and the doctors.?

一般人統(tǒng)指狗說the dog 或 dogs 而不說the dogs,統(tǒng)指薔薇花說the rose 或 roses 而不說the roses,動物學(xué)家說the dogs,植物學(xué)家說 the roses。但該注意動物學(xué)家所說的the dogs 指“狗科”的一切動物,植物學(xué)家所說的the roses 指“薔薇科”的一切植物,都是學(xué)術(shù)上的說法。統(tǒng)指一般的狗,動物學(xué)家也說the dog 或 dogs,統(tǒng)指一般的薔薇花,植物學(xué)家也說the rose 或 roses。例如:?

The dog is a faithful animal.?

Dogs are faithful animals.?

The rose is a beautiful flower.?

Roses are beautiful flowers.?

8.注意下面第一組里有 the,第二組里沒有 the:?

下面有兩點該注意:?

(1)第一組里的名詞是樂器名,第二組里的名詞是運動項目名。?

(2)第一組里的 the 不可改作 a,也不可把 the...改作...s。?

9.下面每組里的兩句意思相同,?

每組里的第一句不及第二句普通。the 的這種用法主要流行在英國。?

10.下面兩句都作“這本書一千一千地售出”解:?

This book sells by the thousand.?

This book sells by thousands.?

第二句不及第一句普通。?

下面三句里的 by the...不可改作 by...s:?

They sell it by the catty. (他們把這東西論斤出售。)?

He works by the day. (他按日工作。)?

The boat is hired by the hour. (這船按小時出租。)?

11.下面三種表達方式意思不同:?

on Monday(1.在最近過去的星期一 2.在以后的第一個星期一 3.在每星期一)?

on the Monday(1.在那個[或已過,或未來的]星期一 2.在每星期一)?

on Mondays(在每星期一)?

12.the 用在指人的詞的前面有時指那種人的特性。例如:?

The poet in me was then born. (我便在那個時候生出了詩人的性格。)?

There is still much of the schoolboy in him. (他仍舊有學(xué)童的性格。)?

也可以說 the poet in us,不說 the poets in us。?

the 用在指物的詞的前面有時指跟那東西有關(guān)的事物。例如:?

Peter is too fond of the bottle. (彼得太喜歡喝酒。)?

He went on the stage at thirty. (他在 30 歲開始登臺演戲。)?

13.病名前面有時有 the,有時沒有,有下面兩點該注意:?

(1)gout,measles,smallpox,toothache 等詞的前面現(xiàn)在沒有 the 比有 the 普通。?

(2)creeps(肉麻感),dumps(憂郁?。?,horrors(驚恐?。┑仍~都有俚語性質(zhì),前面習(xí)慣有 the。?

14.關(guān)于the twenties,the eighties 等表達方式,參見 eighty。the 1950's 是 20 世紀(jì) 50 年代。?

15.下面每組里的三種表達方式意思相同,注意第一種表達方式里有 the,第二種表達方式和第三種表達方式里沒有 the,第三種表達方式最不普通:?

16.the 用在形容詞或分詞前面指:?

(1)……的人們。例如:?

the poor and the rich(窮人和富人)?

The sick are here cared for. (病人在這里被看護著。)?

The wounded and the dying were rushed to hospital. (受傷的人和垂死的人被急送到醫(yī)院去。)?

(2)……的一個人。例如:?

The deceased (死者) was a great friend of mine.?

The accused (被告) was soon acquitted.?

(3)……的一切。例如:?

Many readers loved the sensational. (許多讀者愛好駭人聽聞的一切事情。)?

He has no eye for the beautiful. (他沒有審美的眼光。)?

(4)……的一件事。例如:?

The unexpected always happens. (1.意料不到的事情常會發(fā)生。2.天有不測風(fēng)云。)?

The inevitable was not long in coming. (不可避免的事不久就發(fā)生了。)?

可以說 the leisured rich(有閑的富人),the hungry poor(饑餓的窮人),the aged poor(年老的窮人),all the bereaved poor of the district(那地方的失去了親人的窮人)等。?

17.兩個或兩個以上的名詞在連用的時候往往省去 the,如下面每組里最后一句里的斜體的名詞前面沒有 the:?

下面各句里的斜體的名詞的前面也沒有 the:?

The relations between parent and child are excellent.?

Information about it is eagerly sought alike by friend and foe.?

Rider and horse fell.?

The article deals with the contact between East and West.?

That is a sonata for violin and piano.?

I often make mistakes on a typewriter that I never make with pen or tongue.?

Please pass me pencil and paper.?

The horizon is the apparent meeting place of earth and sky.?

Doctor, nurse, and patient have become the best of friends.?

References must be made to chapter, section, paragraph, page, and line.?

from beginning to end, from head to foot, from top to bottom, from cellar to attic, live from hand to mouth (勉強生活著), keep body and soul together (勉強生活著), cannot make head or tail of (不了解)等表達方式里也沒有 the。這種 the 的省略也是同一性質(zhì)的。?

18.在親密些的文字和口語里,往往在 father,mother,uncle,nurse,cook 等詞前面省去 the。例如:?

Father is coming home tomorrow.?

We are spending a pleasant holiday with mother.?

Uncle has written us a very charming letter.?

When the children were playing in the park, nurse talked to a friend.?

Where is cook off to??

19.在重要職位名稱的前面往往省去 the。例如:?

He held the post of (the) headmaster for fifteen years.?

He is (the) manager of a bank.?

She is (the) editor of a magazine for women.?

John, (the) king of England, signed Magna Charta in 1215.?

20.在呼喚語前面沒有 the。例如:?

Shall I fetch the book, professor??

My eyesight is still weak, doctor.?

21.在“膳食,一餐(meal)”的名稱前面通常沒有 the。例如:?

Breakfast is ready.?

He has asked her to lunch.?

They left the house after dinner.?

She came too late for tea.?

22.在下面各句里習(xí)慣用 the 而不用物主代詞。例如:?

The stone strunk him in the eye.?

He touched me on the shoulder.?

He caught me by the arm.?

She patted the baby on the head.?

注意 He touched us on the shoulder 里不用 shoulders, She patted the babies on the head 里不用 heads。?

23.屬于最高級的詞前面和序數(shù)詞前面通常有 the,如the youngest boy in the class 和the second chapter。但有下面幾種例外:?

(1)在最高級的意味削弱的時候,如 with best wishes 和 with kindest regards。

(2)在用在謂語里的屬于最高級的副詞的前面。例如:?

The story I like best is a long novel.?

She says she works best early in the morning and worst late at night.?

What most pleased him (或 What pleased him most) was the familiar style of the book.?

(3)在 most 作“大多數(shù)(的)”解的時候。例如:?

Most children like these stories.?

Most exercise is beneficial.?

Most of the children like these stories.?

Most of the exercise is beneficial.?

第三句和第四句里的 Most of...在美國有時作The most of...,參見 most 6?

(4)在 most 作“很(very)”解的時候。例如:?

It is most kind of you to say so.?

Her letter is most interesting.?

(5)在把屬于最高級的形容詞用在表示情感(emotion)的時候,比較下面每組里的各句:?

每組里的第四句表示情感,但最不普通。?

(6)在表語形容詞的前面。例如:?

The river is deepest at this point.?

It is coldest at midnight.?

但必須說 This is the deepest part of the river 和 We have the coldest weather at midnight。?

24.有許多習(xí)語是一個介詞后面接著一個名詞,那個名詞的前面沒有 the。例如:

at hand, at home, in bed, in question, on foot, on purpose?

有許多習(xí)語是一個及物動詞后面接著一個名詞,或一個不及物動詞后面接著一個介詞和一個名詞,或一個及物動詞后面接著一個名詞和一個介詞,那個名詞的前面沒有 the。例如:?

catch fire, follow suit, go to school, lose sight of?

25.比較下面每組里的兩句:?

26.在報紙、雜志和書的標(biāo)題里往往省去 the,在廣告和商業(yè)文件里也往往省去 the。例如:?

(The) Geneva Conference Opens on 17 July(標(biāo)題)?

(The) U. S. President in (the) West(標(biāo)題)?

Write for (the) free booklet. (廣告)?

Apply to (the) above address. (廣告)?

Use (the) coupon today! (廣告或商業(yè)文件)?

Copies of (the) catalogue will be sent shortly. (商業(yè)文件)?

27.在電報、熟人之間的通信和日記里往往省去 the。例如:?

(I shall) Arrive (at the) office (on) Monday. (電報)?

Father said (the) football match was a great success. (通信)?

Perfect weather. (I) Spent (the) whole morning preparing (the) report on (the) Elements of English Phonetics. (The) Cat sat watching (the) goldfish, reminded me of Thomas Gray's poem. (日記)?

28.在注解和定義里往往省去 the。例如:?

See (the) next word. (注解)?

Circle: a space enclosed by a curved line every point of which is (the) same distance from (the) centre. (定義)?

29.下面兩種表達方式意思相同:?

the nineteenth and the twentieth century?

the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?

the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries 也有人說,但不好,因為這好像說一共有兩個或兩個以上的 19 世紀(jì)和 20 世紀(jì)。?

比較下面每組里的兩句:?

Father and son disagree 和 Father and son agree 也可以說,參見 17?

比較下面兩種表達方式:?

the black and the white cat(兩只貓,一黑一白)?

the black and white cat(一只黑白貓)?

the black and white cats 可能有四個意思:(1)兩只貓,一黑一白。(2)兩只黑白貓。(3)兩只以上的貓,有黑有白。(4)兩只以上的黑白貓。為避免誤解起見,該改作:

the black and the white cat (1), the two black-and-white cats (2),

the black and the white cats (3), the black-and-white cats (4)

其中(4)也可以作“兩只貓,一黑一白”解。?

30.the 往往在屬于比較級的形容詞或副詞前面用作指示副詞,作“為了那個”或“到那個程度地”解。例如:?

Now that he has taken a long rest, he looks the better.?

If you start now, you will be back the sooner.?

I am the more interested in his work because he is my cousin.?

As the hour approached, she grew the more nervous.?

none the better, none the less 等表達方式里的 the 就是這個指示副詞(參見 none 7)。nevertheless 里的 the 也是(參見 nevertheless)。?

不要以為用在屬于比較級的形容詞或副詞前面的 the 一定是副詞,如下面兩句里的 the 是冠詞,不是副詞:?

I do not know which of his parents is the more interested in his work.?

I do not know which of his parents is the more keenly interested in his work.?

31.屬于比較級的形容詞或副詞前面用了副詞 the,后面不可有 than。假使那 the 不是副詞而是冠詞,后面也不可有 than。參見 than 7和8?

32.so much the better 和 so much the worse 兩種表達方式很普通。嚴(yán)格地說,so much better(或 worse)和 the better(或 worse)意思相同,so much the...有重復(fù)的毛病,但事實上 so much the better(或 worse)很普通。?

33.在30里說過,指示副詞 the 作“為了那個”或“到那個程度地”解。決不可在沒有這種意思的時候隨意用它,如下面兩句里的 the 該刪去:?

That is surely a very important question, but we are the more interested in an entirely different one.?

We must not expect any help from him, he is the more likely to interfere with our work.?

34.從30到33所講的 the 是指示副詞,下面三句里的斜體 the 是關(guān)系副詞,作“到某個程度地”解:?

The sooner the better. (愈早愈好。)?

The more learned a man is, the more modest he is (或 is he). (一個人學(xué)問越好,越是謙虛。)?

The more he tried to sleep, the more he could not. (他越想要睡著,越睡不著。)?

She sang the worse, the more she practised. (她練習(xí)得越多,唱得越不好。)?

下面幾點該注意:?

(1)一般說來,句子里有了關(guān)系副詞 the,必須也有指示副詞 the,下面兩句不算正當(dāng):?

The darkness increased the farther we advanced into the woods.?

Men are only too willing to enjoy the amusement afforded by the buffoon, but they will treat him with increased contempt the more he serves them.—Hilaire Belloc?

第一句可以改作 It was the darker the farther we advanced into the woods。第二句可以改作 Men are...with the more contempt the more he serves them。?

(2)通常關(guān)系副詞 the 在前,指示副詞 the 在后。如第一、第二和第三句,偶爾指示副詞 the 在前,關(guān)系副詞 the 在后,如第四句。?

(3)關(guān)系副詞 the 用在從句的開首,不可用在從句的主語的后面,如不可說 He tried the more to sleep, the more he could not 或 She sang the worse, she practised the more。?

(4)the...the...通常用在短句里,往往是省略句,如第一句 The sooner the better。?

(5)第二句里用 he is 或 is he 都可以。同樣地,下面每組里的兩句都可以說:?

(6)比較下面四句:?

The more time you devote to your studies, the better.?

The more the time you devote to your studies, the better.?

The more the time that (或which) you devote to your studies, the better.?

The more time that (或which) you devote to your studies, the better.?

第一句最好。第二句等于 The more the time that (或which) you devote to your studies is, the better。雖然不錯,但不很自然。第三句等于第二句,也不很自然。第四句是錯誤的,該把 that(或 which)去掉,成為第一句。

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