1、1冠词用法补充知识1. 定冠词 the 可以用在表示海洋，河流，山脉，群岛，某些国名，组织机构，报纸，杂志，书籍，会议，条约，信仰等名词前。如：the Atlantic 大西洋 the Sahara 撒哈拉沙漠the Yangtze ( the Yangtze River) 长江the Philippines 菲律宾群岛the Netherlands 荷兰the Thames 泰晤士河the Alps 阿尔卑斯山the Grand Canal 大运河the Taiwan Strait 台湾海峡the Yellow Sea 黄海the Antarctic Circle 南极圈the Senate
2、 参议院the House of Representatives 众议院（美国）the Duma 杜马the House of Commons 下议院（英国）the Book of Poetry 诗经the Three Gorges 三峡the Louvre 卢浮宫the Imperial Palace 故宫 the Pentagon 五角大楼Note: 但是下列这类名词前零冠词：Life 生活周刊Time时代周刊News Week新闻 周刊Congress 国会Parliament 议会含有 Mount , Lake, Cape 等表示孤岛，独山，湖泊的名词前一般不加定冠词，但中国湖泊名词前
3、却常带定冠词。如：Lake Baikal 贝加尔湖Hainan Island Mt, Fuji 富士山Mt. Ali 阿里山Lake Michigan Cape of Good Hope 好望角Mount Jolmo Lungma 珠穆朗玛峰the Dongting Lake the Taihu Lake2. 下列惯用语中要求用定冠词at the same time by the wayall the year round in the distance on the run 在流传on the spot at the scene at the end of for the better 好转
4、in the long run on the side of 在某人一边on the ground to the left on the increaseon the whole with the exception of 除外go to the doctor take the consequencebe armed to the teeth in the end for the time being on the air 在播送中，流传on the other handby the hourin the shade on the way 2the other day 前几天under the
5、 circumstancesto tell the truth go to the theaterbreak the ice 打破沉默keep the peace 维持治安show sb. the door （不客气地）请某人离开3. 下列成对使用的名词或名词，形容词等固定搭配中，零冠词。这类用法的词，词义有些很接近，有些指同一事物或含有对比，对照的含义。如：right and wrong friend and foeside by sidehusband and wiferich and poor town and countrypencil and notebooktrack and fi
6、eldface to face father and son from right to left young and old arm in arm hand in hand pen and ink from south to north hands and knees bread and butter step by step all in all head and shoulders 远胜于hand and foot 手脚一起，周到地back to back time after time word for word bit by bit back and forth from top t
7、o bottom light and dark fish and chips law and order life for life from cover to cover one by one from ear to ear 咧嘴笑inch by inch 4. 下列短语有无定冠词意思不同。如果名词表示的是具体的建筑物或事物，有定冠词the，但如果是与这些建筑物或事物有关的情形或活动，或表明其用途或作用等则零冠词。如：in red in the red in office in the office behind time behind the time in school in the s
8、chool in hospital in the hospital in class in the classout of office out of the office in secret in the secret keep house keep the house come out of prison /hospital come out of the prison /hospitalgo to school /university 3go to the school /university by day by the day at school at the school in pr
9、ison in the prison in bed in the bed go to prison go to the prison go to bed go to the bed go to town go to the town at table at the tableat seaat the sea5. 下列惯用语要求不用冠词（零冠词）by heart in return in fear in danger at present in effect by mistake in honour of in force in peace in short in trouble in debt
10、 at war by way of on sale on board in office on guard out of hand at hand give way under way out of mind out of date at home according to plan run for life from bad to worse in sight of in common make way lose heartin charge out of place at bottomkeep pace with on arrival out of jobwithout question4
11、catch fire at risk leave school by chance on duty6. 下列惯用语要求使用不定冠词。in a way all of a sudden in a sense at a loss of a sizehave a word with have a try make a living take an interest in at a distance for a while in a hurry in a word keep an eye on take a walk take a chance lend a hand make a fuss at a disadvantage as a matter of fact as a rule
