冠词的主要作用是置于名词前,表示泛指或者是特指。可是有时候在比较级和最高级的前面也会出现冠词(定冠词),那么在这种情况下的冠词起什么作用??学生感到非常困惑,劳烦专家老师给予详实的指导。谢谢。
你说得没错,冠词的主要作用是置于名词前,表示泛指或者是特指。注意其中的“主要”两字。也就是“冠词的主要作用是置于名词前表示泛指或者是特指”是冠词的主要作用,不是全部作用。除此之外,冠词还有很多用法。如:
play the piano(弹钢琴)中的the 并不表特指;
hit sb in the face(打在某人的脸上)中的the 并不表特指;
the Smiths(史密斯一家)中的the 并不表特指;
the Yellow River(黄河)中的the 并不表特指;
in the sixties(在60年代)中的the 并不表特指;
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同样地,比较级和最高级的前面用冠词(定冠词)也不表特指。其实,现代英语已倾向于将比较级和最高级前面的定冠词视为副词,如《朗文当代高级英语词典》就是这样认为的:
the adv [Date: 1000-1100; Language: Old English; Origin: thy 'by that', from thAt; THAT1]
1. used before two comparative adjectives or adverbs to show that the degree of one event or situation is related to the degree of another one:
The more he eats the fatter he gets.
“When do you want it?” “The sooner the better.”
2. used before an adjective or adverb to emphasize that something is bigger, better etc than all others, or as big, good etc as it is possible for it to be:
He likes you the best.
I had the worst headache last night.