精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上定冠词the与指示代词this,that同源,有那(这)个的意思,但较弱,可以和一个名词连用,来表示某个或某些特定的人或东西。1)特指双方都明白的人或物: Take the medicine. 2)上文提到过的人或事: He bought a house.Ive been to the house.3)指世上独一物二的事物: the sun, the sky, the moon, the earth 4)单数名词连用表示一类事物,如:the dollarthe fox;或与形容词或分词连用,表示一类人:the rich; the living。5)用在序数词和形容词最高级,及形容词only, very, same等前面: Where do you live?I live on the second floor.。 Thats the very thing Ive been looking 6)与复数名词连用,指整个群体: They