the

[用于名词前, 表示不言而喻的人、物、头衔或独一无二的事物等]

[表示限制性]

[表示代表性或典型性, 用于可数名词单数前, 作为整体看待, 以表示类别的特性或者为了加强语气]

[与表示计算单位的名词连用]“每”，“每一”

[用于病名或乐器 名称前](旧时用于病名前, 现在除口语中及俚语中在复数形式的名词 前尚保留外, 其余通常省略)

[用于集合名词前, 指全体(以区别于个体)]

[用于姓的复数前, 指全家或全家一些人]

[用 于河, 海, 山脉等 名称前]

[人名或不用 冠词 的地名, 有定语修饰时常加定冠词]

[船只, 旅馆, 剧院, 建筑 以及某些著作, 乐曲,报刊等的名词前常加定冠词]

[用于形容词或分词前, 使其转化为名词]

[用于表示发明物的单数名词前]

[用于具体名词 的单数形式前, 指其属性、功能等, 使具抽象性]

[用于形容词、副词最高级前, 有时也用于形容词比较级前]

[用于逢十的数词的复数前, 指世纪中的年代或人的约略年岁]

the

used preceding a noun that has been previously specifiedSee a

used with a qualifying word or phrase to indicate a particular person, object, etc, as distinct from othersSee a

used preceding certain nouns associated with one's culture, society, or community

used preceding present participles and adjectives when they function as nouns

used preceding titles and certain uniquely specific or proper nouns, such as place names

used preceding a qualifying adjective or noun in certain names or titles

used preceding a noun to make it refer to its class generically

used instead of my, your, her, etc, with parts of the body

the best, only, or most remarkable

used with proper nouns when qualified

another word for per, esp with nouns or noun phrases of cost

my; our

used preceding a unit of time in phrases or titles indicating an outstanding person, event, etc

the

used before comparative adjectives or adverbs for emphasis

used correlatively before each of two comparative adjectives or adverbs to indicate equality