the week before......

However, my programmer fell ill the week before we were going to leave.这里的 the week 和 a week 应该是一个意思吧，用来修饰before 引导的状语从句吗？

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曹荣禄 2020-12-29 18:59

擅长：动词用法,句法问题

a week before 不等于 the week before.

a week before中，中心词为before，a week是修饰语，即7x24小时以前。而 the week before中，中心词为week, before为修饰语，意为，前一周，上周，这周中的某一天或整个一周。例如下句：

He'd been driving Kim to school every day the week before he left.

他离开前那一周每天开车送Kim上学。这个句子中的the week就不能改为a week.

黎反修 - 英语翻译（已退休） 2020-12-29 19:49

擅长：数词用法,存在句,英语考试

the week before we were going to leave 是时间状语从句，这里的 the week 不能改为 a week 。