定冠词限定名词时主要表示特指,应注意以下几点:
(1) the和可数名词单数连用,表示一类人或物,如:the fern(蕨类), the wallflower
(2) 序数词之前必须用the,如:the first woman, the nineteenth century 但前面有物主代词时除外,如 my first baby
(3) 形容词最高级之前必须用the(有物主代词时除外),如:the largest city, the most advanced technology
(4) of连接的名词前多用the,如:the development of the watch
(5) 世界上独一无二的东西前应加the,如:the globe(地球),the equator(赤道), the moon, the sun