definite article

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Grammardefinite articleˌdefinite ˈarticle noun [countable usually singular] 1 SLGthe word ‘the’ in English → indefinite article2 SLGa word in another language that is like ‘the’Examples from the Corpusdefinite article• The newspaper names have a definite article because there is only one.• But these are presented without a definite article.• It's a language all its own, with rules and a grammar, but it has no definite article.• The man had become a myth and acquired the definite article.• Demonstratives and the definite article are terms whose mobilisation and use would be strongly linked to this kind of deixis.• Notice especially that the definite article may be one such further selecting qualifier.• They are all blond and call themselves Gang, without the definite article, which has an icily Germanic ring.• The definite article was inclined to appear in strange places, and to disappear from other places where it should have been.

单词	definite article
释义	definite article From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Grammardefinite articleˌdefinite ˈarticle noun [countable usually singular] 1 SLGthe word ‘the’ in English → indefinite article2 SLGa word in another language that is like ‘the’Examples from the Corpusdefinite article• The newspaper names have a definite article because there is only one.• But these are presented without a definite article.• It's a language all its own, with rules and a grammar, but it has no definite article.• The man had become a myth and acquired the definite article.• Demonstratives and the definite article are terms whose mobilisation and use would be strongly linked to this kind of deixis.• Notice especially that the definite article may be one such further selecting qualifier.• They are all blond and call themselves Gang, without the definite article, which has an icily Germanic ring.• The definite article was inclined to appear in strange places, and to disappear from other places where it should have been.
随便看	something is not all/everything it’s cracked up to be something is not an exact science something is not brain surgery something is not for somebody something is not for the faint-hearted something is not much fun something is not rocket science something is not to be missed something is of the essence something is only skin deep something is small potatoes something is somebody’s middle name something is the new ... something is the new rock 'n' roll something is up something is wearing thin something is written in the stars something like something like 100/2,000 etc something makes the/your mind boggle something must not go any further something needs doing something needs to be checked/cleaned/done etc something new/old/good etc something of a shock/surprise etc