Did you break _______ windows.

A.the both       B.both of      C.both the    D.the all

Did you break both the windows.

参考译文：你打破了那两扇窗户吗？

回答如下：

C为正确答案

(1)both （of） +(限定词the/these/one's) +名词 备注，介词of 可省略,这个结构可以在句中作主语，宾语，表语等成分。作主语，谓语用复数。

Both the students were excellent.

=Both of the students were excellent.  

这两个学生都很优秀。

Both his eyes are hurt.

=Both of his eyes are hurt.
他的两眼都受伤了。

Both of the instruments are not precise.

这两台仪器并不都是精密的。

We were both of the same nationality.

我们俩是同一国籍的人。

I don't like both of them.   
他们俩我不是都喜欢

Both of the teams played hard at the first half.

上半场双方都打得非常艰苦。

Both the farmers and fishermen were hard hit by the bad weather.

坏天气使农民和渔民都遭受了重大损失。

(2)both of +复数宾格代词，备注，介词of 不可省略

Both of them swim well.  

他们俩都很会游泳。

Both of us knew it.
我们两个都知道这件事。

Both of them are nuts about chamber music.

他们两人都喜欢室内音乐。

Both of us are very brown after the holiday.

度假後我们两人的皮肤都变黑了。

（特别备注：名词有不定代词“all,both”修饰时，定冠词放在名词前，不定代词后，其结构为all/both +the/these/one's+名词，不定代词后可加介词"of"，也可以不加介词"of" 但是如果后面为复数宾格代词，必须加介词"of"）

特别注意：下面两句的意思不同

Both the foreign guests planted a tree.

两位外宾各种了一棵树。(总共两棵)

The two foreign guests planted a tree.

两位外宾种了一棵树。(只有一棵)

Both of us won a prize. 

我们两人各获一个奖品。

We both won a prize.

我们俩共获一个奖品。