1. 冠词与专有名词
1) 又与专有名词带有确定特指的意义,所以在大多数人名和地名之前通常不带冠词。例如:Adam Smith,Abraham Lincoln,Russia,Europe
2) 若在专有名词之前带有表示职业的词语,这种词组大多带定冠词。例如:the poet Gray,the publisher Collins
若“职业+人名”被视为永久荣誉的结合,便不带冠词。例如:Nur Cavell, Guard Richardson
若人名前有正式头衔,冠词的用法视情况而定:大多数英国头衔和外国头衔不带冠词。例如:Dr Johnson,Earl Marshal(马歇尔伯爵),King Edward,Queen Victoria,Mother Teresa,Monsieur Hercule Poirot,Madame Lee from Hong Kong
许多外国头衔和某些英国头衔带定冠词。例如:the Czar Peter III(沙皇),the Emperor Charles,the Prince of Wales(亲王),the Reverend John Collis(牧师)
3) 专有名词前若带有限制性修饰语,通常带定冠词。例如:the elder Pitt,the young Shakespeare,the New China,the earliest London
春旦若以上词语已成为一个新的专有名词,便不用冠词。例如:Roman Britain,Tiny Tim,Medieval England,Bloody Mary
4) 大多数地名不带冠词(如Asia,Egypt,Kent),但有相当多的地名带定冠词,或者能带定冠词。例如:(the) Sudan,the Netherlands,the Crimea,the Saar,(the) Congo,(the) Ukraine,(the) Yemen,the Argentine,the Hague,the Vatican
江河、海峡、海湾、海洋名称通常带定冠词,例如:the Atlantic,the Mediterranean (Sea),the Thames,the Mississippi,the Suez Canal,the Grand Canal,the Taiwan Straits,the Magellan Straits,the Persian Gulf,the bay of Bengal(孟加拉湾),但San Francisco Bay不带冠词。过年拜年短信
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湖泊名称一般不带冠词:Lake Michigan,Lake Geneva,Silver Lake,Dongting Lake,但有少数例外:the West Lake,the Great Salt Lake
山脉、群岛、沙漠及其它以复数形式出现的地理名词一般带定冠词。例如:the Alps,the Himalayas,the West Indies,the Penghu Islands,the Gobi,the Sahara,the Balkans,the Americas(南北美洲诸国)。但是,个别的山、岛的名称不带冠词:Mount Fuji,Mount Qomolangma,Ireland,Sicily
但若个别的岛名带有of-词组,则带定冠词:the Isle of Man(马恩岛),the Isle of Wight
(5) 道路、广场、车站、机场、公园、桥梁等名称一般不带冠词。例如:Regent Street,Najing Road,Times Square,Oxford Circus(牛津广场),Euston Station,Shanghai Station,Heathrow Airport,Hongchiao Airport,Hyde Park,London Bridge
人教版数学>悬崖歌词但也有一些桥名、街区名带定冠词,或者能带定冠词。例如:the West/East End,the Golden Gate Bridge,(the) Tower Bridge,(the) Green Park,(the) High Street
组织、机关、机构、公共建筑、车船等名称,大多数带定冠词。例如:the Labour Party,the Democratic Party,the Senate,the People’s Congress,the British Muum,the National Gallery,the Hilton (Hotel),the United Airlines,the Queen Elizabeth,the Euro-Star我的足迹
但这类名称如果是以专有名词开首便不带冠词。例如:Cambridge University,Westminster Abbey,Canterbury Cathedral
(6) 节假日名称大多不带冠词。例如Christmas,Easter,Carnival,St Valentine’s Day,May day,New Year’s Day
(7) 许多报纸、杂志名称带定冠词。例如:The Times,The People’s Daily,The New York Times,The Washington Post,The Economist,The Labour Monthly
革命先烈事迹但China Daily,Today,Time(《时代周刊》),Life,New Scientist,Newsweek,ELT Journal(《英语教学》杂志)等不带冠词。