| 单词 | definite article |
| 例句 | This is the major distinction between the indefinite article, a, and the definite article, the.6 When a character makes his first appearance on stage, he is introduced with a. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It was only very slowly that the first won out over the second in the claim to the definite article. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Oddly enough, one of the most easily overlooked disambiguating words in English is the most frequent word in the language: the lowly definite article the. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But what of the earlier definite article – to wit, The Hoff – whose efforts to associate himself with this movie seem to be drifting toward the poignant? Baywatch v Terminator Genisys: The Rock helps the beach movie outmuscle the competition 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z The building blocks of his world are turned into proper nouns and lose the definite article: Room, Skylight, Wardrobe. Room by Emma Donoghue and Forgetting Zoe by Ray Robinson 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z The US release explicitly adds the definite article to the title. Film review: Bad Lieutenant 2010-05-20T20:30:00Z So far, Mr. Colbert’s new site only features a photo of Mrs. Palin and the accompanying text: “The only Sarah Palin Channel on the Internet with a definite article in the address!” Sarah Palin’s online channel hits snag when Stephen Colbert buys similar URL 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Apparently, it doesn’t even warrant a definite article. ‘Boston Strangler’ Review: Chasing a Killer (and a Byline) 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z That chatty title, in the wake of a filmography that has little use for definite articles and none for prepositions, hints at Neeson’s aspirations to a higher screen IQ. Review: Liam Neeson Gets Taken on A Walk Among the Tombstones 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z It suggested, for example, that he punch up the two most memorable phrases he ever wrote, in the line for which he is most deservedly famous, by adding the definite article. Gene takes Grammarly to school 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Seems to me the definite article is a very important element in rock 'n' roll. "The original rage was intact": Bob Geldof on The Boomtown Rats' comeback, even during the pandemic 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Leading with such a very definite article instead of calling it "Suicide Squad II" signals that it is the only one that matters. Is the new DC Studios regime the apocalypse that "Doom Patrol" can't survive? 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Coach Ron Rivera likes to use the definite article “the” when describing his young quarterback. LOVERRO: Howell’s surprising emergence providing Rivera some cover. He needs it. 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Grammar and pronunciation Telltale tyro signs include adding definite articles to freeway names. For April Fools' Day, a newcomers’ guide to Seattle’s quirky codes 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Dogmatism even infects discourse about what is now suddenly termed “the science,” placed beyond debate by the definite article. Opinion | Blaming social media for academia’s ruin misses a larger, darker truth 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z “Is the definite article of The Holland because they’re plural?” asks Bob O’Hara. Ukraine v Austria: Euro 2020 – live! 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z The new film, which has been described as less of a sequel than a soft reboot, boasts more than a definite article. 12 summer movies that just might get you off the couch and into the theater 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Roberts has, however, decided not to do so in the next one, in which the president — note the definite article: “the” — is not on trial. Opinion | It still doesn’t make sense to impeach and convict Donald Trump 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Do say: “Renounce all others – Pattinson’s The Batman is the definite article.” The Batman: is Robert Pattinson set to play the superhero as an emo? 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z It’s right there, centered, bold and alone at the top of the menu — The Sauerkraut Fish — with the definite article included, lest there be any confusion. ‘Compulsively eatable’: The titular dish at Buerjia Chinese Sauerkraut Fish is a sour, spicy, velvety wonder 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z It was the iPhone, even if Apple doesn’t like the definite article. Google and OnePlus are embracing the junior flagship trend 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z There’s no other rules-based order to replace it with, which is why the definite article in the G-7 communiqué was appropriate. Donald Trump Goes Rogue 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z “Be Best” just so plainly doesn’t hold up to the laws of English grammar, which require that a superlative adjective following an imperative verb be preceded by the definite article “the”. 'Be Best': does Melania's oddly named initiative break the laws of grammar? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z In this land that cherishes liberty, there is no place any more for definite articles. The Cost of Being ‘Savage’ in a Supposedly Civilized World 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z In English grammar, we use the definite article in front of a noun when we believe the listener knows exactly what we are referring to. Don’t patronize older adults by calling them ‘the elderly’ 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Its name was deliberately hard-edged, with a hint of the military or the robotic, especially once its members began writing and referring to themselves collectively, without a definite article, as “Ccru”. Accelerationism: how a fringe philosophy predicted the future we live in 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z A little bubbly between the sheets will grow the white voting bloc far more efficiently than building walls with definite articles and eye-rollingly insulting pandering. Donald Trump can’t fake love of ‘the blacks’ 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z But bit by bit the language is taking shape, definite articles and nouns and indirect objects and verbs and prepositional phrases hanging off subjects and predicates and predicate complements like a Calder mobile. Love in Translation 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z In the meantime, beware of demagogues who prefix their names with the definite article. Nate Cohn and Justin Wolfers on Donald Trump’s Chances 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Do “MK Dons” really need a definite article in front of them? Premier League, Football League and more: Saturday clockwatch – as it happened 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z And so it has, which usually puts people in mind of “The” Koch Brothers, who arguably have earned their own definite article. Mr. Hughes goes to Washington 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z One thing we love about MLS at the Guardian is its lack of a definite article. Michael Bradley seeks to be Toronto's definite article as MLS heats up 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Note the words “happen” and “the” — the definite article — before “recess.” Unanimous Supreme Court comes at a cost But none of those, somehow, mattered to Sports Illustrated, which had the gall to headline its cover story on Collins as "The Gay Athlete" – complete with definite article, as if he was the only one. Is the hoopla over basketballer Jason Collins being gay really deserved? 2013-04-30T11:40:00Z The greek term “hoi polloi” translates loosely as “the masses,” with the definite article included. Occupy trolls return 2012-09-17T23:05:00Z And why do some other country names also have a definite article? Why do some country names have 'the'? 2012-06-07T10:06:18Z I. The textual critics restore the definite article which later copyists had dropped before the word Christ in verse 11. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Probably A is one of those persons who add to the confusion in the use of the definite article by speaking of his wife as “the wife.” The philosophy of B*rtr*nd R*ss*ll 2011-12-30T03:00:24.883Z I did not say "that the word cannot mean a river because the definite article is omitted before it." Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 95, August 23, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-24T03:07:54.103Z The definite article al, which is frequently omitted at the beginning of proper names, has been restored in the Index. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z There is no definite article in the Ukrainian or Russian languages and there is another theory why it crept into the English language. Why do some country names have 'the'? 2012-06-07T10:06:18Z The definite article the had been used in each case with a singular noun. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z The definite article is la in all cases and numbers, and there is no indefinite article. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z As regards its use, la is used very nearly as the definite article "the" in English, namely, to show that one is speaking of something known or definite, as opposed to what is indefinite. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z On the other hand, the definite article al has been prefixed throughout to those Arabic names which it properly precedes; it is sometimes written in full, but is generally denoted by a hyphen, e.g. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Countries like the United States of America and the United Kingdom also carry the definite article because they are compound nouns with adjectives. Why do some country names have 'the'? 2012-06-07T10:06:18Z The pedants can't be operating on a closed list as he suggests because of the lack of the definite article. The Fiver 2010-09-21T15:37:00Z Later, however, se, sēo, ��t comes to be used in the common and vague sense in which the definite article is used in Modern English. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn In Latin there were no articles, and Greek has only the definite article. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The definite article either implies that an altar was taken for granted, a thing of course; or else it points back to chap. xx. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus In general, use of the definite article is unpredictable. Why do some country names have 'the'? 2012-06-07T10:06:18Z The definite article is used too often when it might better be omitted, as in this sentence: The study of the dictionary is helpful. The Style Book of The Detroit News We consequently get with increasing frequency the use of the definite article + weak adjective + noun: whilst the usage weak adjective + noun decreases. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn In speaking of our ships we now omit the definite article. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Although this dates from so far back, yet it was not imposed by the Church of Rome upon her members as a definite article of faith until the year A.D. The Church Handy Dictionary Articles appeared in English comparatively late, he says - in Old English there were no definite articles. Why do some country names have 'the'? 2012-06-07T10:06:18Z Use the definite article in naming persons of distinction, as William Dean Howells, the writer; Sarah Bernhardt, the actress. The Style Book of The Detroit News In writing the definite article, Miss Trafford mistakenly uses the contracted form th' when full syllabic value is to be given. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 But the absence of the definite article from the word “spirit” seems to suggest a gift rather than a Person. The Prayers of St. Paul The better writings of the fathers, such as tended to learning and wisdom, are not excluded by the definite article. The Canon of the Bible Quite commonly, definite articles are attached to areas where they have a mix between geophysical names and a physical entity. Why do some country names have 'the'? 2012-06-07T10:06:18Z The is called the definite article because it both individualizes and specializes. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses The use of the definite article before the word "buildings" would do much toward dispelling the ambiguous effect. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The Gaelic article an corresponds to the English definite article the. Elements of Gaelic Grammar In the Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish this peculiarity in the position of the definite article is preserved. A Handbook of the English Language I am not sure that we had an equal right to the conceited use of the definite article. A Padre in France In the case of the 10th prefix, the concord or corresponding pronoun persists long after the prefix has fallen out of use as a definite article. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" I hold to native pronunciation, except in cases of long-established custom, and consider "the Yamen" as clumsy as "the Egypt"—both take the definite article in Arabian script. Pan-Islam The present letter maintains that, by the force of the definite article, the days of creation may not be consecutive, but may have any time—millions of years—between them. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II A fuller inflection of the demonstrative pronoun, or definite article; �an, �enne, ��re, �am;—in contradistinction to the Middle English. A Handbook of the English Language The definite article the is an, for all numbers and genders. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature The definite articles of peace were signed at Paris, September 3, 1783. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America There is no article in Malay, that is, there is no word which corresponds exactly with our definite article the, or indefinite article a, an. A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay Has the French language, in its idiomatic structure definite articles and indefinite, as in Latin? Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Now se� was in Anglo-Saxon the feminine form of the definite article; the definite article itself being originally a demonstrative pronoun. A Handbook of the English Language As in the other Celtic languages, when a noun is followed by another noun in the possessive appositional genitive, the first noun has no definite article. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature We find corresponding names in other languages, and some of the French names, usually preceded by the definite article, have passed into English, e.g. The Romance of Names Nonce occurs properly only in the phrase for the nonce, which is for earlier for then ones, where then is the dative of the definite article. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) The uninflected form of al, all, can be used before all forms of the definite article: in al dër wërlte, in all the world. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition In the generality of grammars the definite article the, and the indefinite article an, are the very first parts of speech that are considered. A Handbook of the English Language The comparative or superlative adjective usually precedes the noun which it qualifies, though for the sake of verse or on account of emphasis it may follow it, sometimes with the definite article intervening. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature The definite article made it necessary for the writer to specify what particular chair of Sacred Rhetoric he meant. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. We have the Arabic definite article in a great many words borrowed from Spanish. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) People just didn't walk in and announce their desire for definite articles. The Players In Greek there is no indefinite, in Latin there is neither an indefinite nor a definite article. A Handbook of the English Language When the definite article would follow the two coalesce and en=en an. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature When the present participle is used substantively, in sentences like the following, it is preceded by the definite article and followed by the preposition of. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. The two words alarm and alert include the Italian definite article. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) It will be seen that this accomplished black-letterer must have been under a common delusion, that our ancestors not only wrote but pronounced the definite article "the" as "ye." The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author In this case, it is better in speaking of only two objects to use the comparative degree rather than the superlative—even when we use the definite article the. A Handbook of the English Language This is the dative singular with the definite article. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View But we stuck—stuck fast—at the definite article; and sometimes the lesson resolved itself into a species of lingual gymnastics, in which we all looked as if we meant to bite our tongues off. The Promised Land In speaking of Mr. William Ellery Channing, who has just published a very neat little volume of poems, we feel the necessity of employing the indefinite rather than the definite article. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric The major? - that is indefinite, though you use the definite article. Daisy in the Field Latin has neither a definite article nor an indefinite article, and a translator into English must decide when to use either or neither. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence But there is very good reason for believing that the definite article had no place in the original. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" The, we are told, "is called the definite article, because it ascertains what particular thing or things are meant." Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. But there is one to which the definite article might have been applied a very few days ago. About Orchids A Chat Now Hamilton was absolutely ignorant of Miss Colebrooke's right of way to the definite article, but it was characteristic of him to make no inquiries. Judith of the Plains The definite article, the present translator thinks, has been overused, perhaps in a dogmatic tendency to be as precise as can be. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence In Italy—notably in Tuscany—a river is always spoken of without the definite article. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary The passages in this chapter are arranged in two columns: Column I contains the passages in which the definite article is to be found in the Greek. The Spirit and the Word A Treatise on the Holy Spirit in the Light of a Rational Interpretation of the Word of Truth The principles of beauty, goodness, order and law, no longer connected in their minds with definite articles of faith, find symbols in the outer world. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series There were differences, however; the Hebrew definite article, for instance, is not found in the Phoenician texts. Patriarchal Palestine The very title of the book changes the impression which it makes as the definite article is inserted or omitted in it. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence You perceive, then, that these demonstratives have all the force of the definite article, and a little more. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Column 2 contains the passages where the definite article is not found and which may be often—but not always—translated "a holy Spirit." The Spirit and the Word A Treatise on the Holy Spirit in the Light of a Rational Interpretation of the Word of Truth This is the old demonstrative; that being borrowed from the forms of the definite article, which was fully inflected in Old English. An English Grammar "So saving are they," say some, "that the definite article, the, is never used by them in their talk." The Parish Clerk This use of the definite article shows clearly that a particular character is designated—the dragon—and implies that the object has already been introduced. The Revelation Explained The present participle with the definite article the before it, becomes a noun, and must have the preposition of after it. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures That is the old neuter form of the definite article. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 The is the definite article, since it points out a particular individual, or group, or class. An English Grammar We do not suffer so abject slavery to the definite article as the French, but neither do we manifest their spirit of rebellion by sometimes cutting off the oppressor's tail. Write It Right A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults Now, however, at the time of which we are writing, chairs were becoming more plentiful and the table was a definite article of furniture. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time The definite article generally limits the noun to a particular object, or collection of objects; as, the house, the men. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures When one of them owns a whole village, church and all, he is generally called “the Squire,” but most of them are squired without the definite article. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's Exercise.—Find sentences with five uses of the definite article. An English Grammar I. The definite article is the, which denotes some particular thing or things; as, The boy, the oranges. The Grammar of English Grammars Natives would know that the definite article could only refer to their own locality! Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter The definite article the is frequently applied to adverbs in the comparative or superlative degree; as, "The more I examine it, the better I like it," "I like this the least of any." English Grammar in Familiar Lectures There does not appear to be any definite article in the Chippewa language. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers The definite article is repeated before each of two modifiers of the same noun, when the purpose is to call attention to the noun expressed and the one understood. An English Grammar The definite article is the, which denotes some particular thing or things. The Grammar of English Grammars The use, moreover, of the definite article shows that the writer held this book to be conclusive authority on the subject. The High History of the Holy Graal The definite article the belongs to nouns in the singular or plural number. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Pa may stand for the definite article, being the first syllable of pazhik; and a comma for the indefinite article. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers The indefinite article is used, like the definite article, to limit two or more modified nouns, only one of which is expressed. An English Grammar But the definite article of that language, which is exactly equivalent to our the, is a declinable word, making no small figure in grammar. The Grammar of English Grammars The definite article is usually prefixed to the name in Hebrew. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The definite article the belongs to nouns in the singular or plural number; as, "The star, the stars; the hat, the hats." English Grammar in Familiar Lectures "Don't put me in the hole," said Moxy, now using the definite article. Weighed and Wanting Originally, I apprehend, in the Platt-Deutsch of the north of Germany there were only two definite articles—die for masculine and feminine, and das for neuter. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge And as the words that and one cannot often be interchanged without a difference of meaning, so the definite article and the indefinite are seldom, if ever, interchangeable. The Grammar of English Grammars The uniqueness of His relation in this aspect is expressed by the definite article in the original. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts By far the most frequent form in which the word gospel occurs is that of the simple use of the noun with the definite article. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark It is no mere grammatical pedantry that draws attention to the fact that four times in this text does our Lord employ the definite article, and speak of 'the light.' Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV The associations of the place are marked by the use of the definite article, which is missed in the Authorised Version,—'the cave,' that same cleft in the rock where Moses had stood. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII The definite article is the, which denotes some particular thing or things. The Grammar of English Grammars And in the Greek the emphasis is still stronger, because the definite article is employed before the word 'servant.' Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts According to the fashion of that part of the country their baptismal names were spoken preceded by the definite article. The Story of a Child Such a limitation may be effected in English by prefixing a demonstrative or the definite article, or by appending a description, e.g. 'this pen,' 'the sofa,' 'the last rose of summer.' Deductive Logic The is called the definite article because it points out some particular person or thing; thus, the man means some particular individual. How to Speak and Write Correctly The definite article is the, which denotes some particular thing or things. The Grammar of English Grammars Also the omission of the definite article "the" from before the expression "the Angel of the Lord," and the substitution of "an" points to the same truth. The Great Doctrines of the Bible "There was a time when it was not general; you used the definite article." Half a Rogue The definite article, so constantly recurring in Hebrew, is in Phoenician, comparatively speaking, rare. History of Phoenicia I am concerned with facts; chiefly with the fact that we entered into definite articles with you. Captain Blood The definite article is the, which denotes some particular thing or things. The Grammar of English Grammars This is apparent also from the omission of the definite article before God, as well as from the position of God in the sentence. The Great Doctrines of the Bible It is the man of “neath cliffs” who will not be at the trouble of making a place for so much as a definite article. Hearts of Controversy The definite article is expressed, as in Hebrew, by h prefixed. History of Phoenicia "The definite article the is frequently applied to adverbs in the comparative and superlative degree." The Grammar of English Grammars The definite article is the, which denotes some particular thing or things. The Grammar of English Grammars Again, Christ, in speaking of the Spirit as the Comforter, uses the masculine definite article, and thus, by His choice of gender, teaches the personality of the Holy Spirit. The Great Doctrines of the Bible The definite article is the, which denotes some particular thing or things. The Grammar of English Grammars Prefix the definite article to each of the following nouns: path, paths; loss, losses; name, names; page, pages; want, wants; doubt, doubts; votary, votaries. The Grammar of English Grammars The proper names of nations, tribes, and societies, are generally plural; and, except in a direct address, they are usually construed with the definite article: as, "The Greeks, the Athenians, the Jews, the Jesuits." The Grammar of English Grammars The is the definite article: and relates to sin and folly; according to Rule 1st, which says, "Articles relate to the nouns which they limit." The Grammar of English Grammars The definite article is the, which denotes some particular thing or things. The Grammar of English Grammars The definite article is the, which denotes some particular thing or things. The Grammar of English Grammars The is the definite article: and relates to multitude; according to Rule 1st, which says, "Articles relate to the nouns which they limit." The Grammar of English Grammars The word same is seldom, if ever used without the definite article or some stronger definitive before it; as, "On the same day,"—"in that same hour,"—"These same gentlemen." The Grammar of English Grammars The definite article is the, which denotes some particular thing or things. The Grammar of English Grammars |
| 随便看 |
|
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。