1.Used before singular or plural nouns and noun phrases that denote particular,specified persons or things:
这个：用于单数或复数名词或名词短语前指特定人或事：
the baby; the dress I wore.
这个婴儿；我穿的这种衣服
2.Used before a noun,and generally stressed,to emphasize one of a group or type as the most outstanding or prominent:
用于名词前,通常重读,以强调一组或一类中最突出或最有优势的一个：
considered Lake Shore Drive to be&I{the} neighborhood to live in these days.
如今认为湖滨大道是个 适合居住的地区
3.Used to indicate uniqueness:
用来指独一无二的：
the Prince of Wales; the moon.
威尔士王子；月亮
4.Used before nouns that designate natural phenomena or points of the compass:
用在名词前指一种自然现象或方位：
the weather; a wind from the south.
天气；南风
5.Used as the equivalent of a possessive adjective before names of some parts of the body:
用于身体部位前作为所有格形容词的对应词：
grab him by the neck; an infection of the hand.
抓住他的脖子；手的感染
6.Used before a noun specifying a field of endeavor:
用于特指某一领域的名词前：
the law; the film industry; the stage.
法律；电影业；舞台
7.Used before a proper name,as of a monument or ship:
用于专有名称前,如纪念碑或船：
the Alamo; the&I{Titanic} .
阿拉摩纪念碑；铁达尼号船
8.Used before the plural form of a numeral denoting a specific decade of a century or of a life span:
用于指示一个世纪或一个生命跨度的某十年的数词复数形式之前：
rural life in the Thirties.
三十年代的农村生活
9.Used before a singular noun indicating that the noun is generic:
用于单数名词前表类别：
The wolf is an endangered species.
狼是危险的种类
10.Used before an adjective extending it to signify a class and giving it the function of a noun:
用于形容词前扩展其成为一类或赋予其名词功能：
the rich; the dead; the homeless.
富人；死人；无家可归者
11.Used before an absolute adjective:
用于最高级形容词前：
the best we can offer.
我们所能提供的最好的
12.Used before a present participle,signifying the action in the abstract:
用于现在分词前,指明抽象动作：
the weaving of rugs.
地毯编织
13.Used before a noun with the force ofper :
用于名词前,表每 ：
cherries at $1.50 the box.
每箱樱桃1.50美元
语源:
1.Middle English
中古英语
2.from Old English the
源自 古英语 the
3.alteration influenced by thæt [neuter demonstrative pron.] thæs [genitive demonstrative pron.,etc.]
受 thæt的影响 [中性指示代词] thæs [所有格指示代词等]
4.of se [masculine demonstrative pron.] * see so-
se的变化 [阳性指示代词] *参见 so- the 2
the 2
AHD:[Y¶] 元音之前 [Y…] 辅音之前
D.J.[Hi8]元音之前 [H*]辅音之前
K.K.[Hi]元音之前 [H*]辅音之前
adv.（副词）
1.Because of that.Used before a comparative:
由于：因为,用于比较级前：
thinks the worse of you after this mistake.
这个错误之后,想想你的糟糕之处
2.To that extent; by that much:
越,愈：到那样程度；那样多：
the sooner the better.
越快越好
3.Beyond any other:
最：在任何其它之上：
enjoyed reading the most.
最喜欢阅读
