/ðə, ðɪ; ðə, ðɪ; strong form 强读式 ði:; ði/
见词条使用详细说明 6.2. =>Usage at a2 用法见a2. def art (used to make the following n refer to a specific person, thing, event or group 用于名词前, 表示为特指的人、物、事或群体)
1 (when it has already been mentioned or implied 指已提到过的或已知所指的人、物、事或群体)
*A boy and a girl were sitting on a bench. The boy was smiling but the girl looked angry. 一个男孩和一个女孩坐在长凳上. 那男孩在微笑, 那女孩像在生气.
* There was an accident here yesterday. A car hit a tree. The driver was killed. 昨天这里出事了. 有一辆汽车撞在树上了. 司机死了.
2 (when a n is followed by a phrase that restricts its meaning 用于後接限定性短语的名词)
*the centre of town 市中心
* the topic of conversation 谈话的主题
* the man of her dreams 她梦想的男子
* the house that Jack built 杰克盖的房子.
3 (a) (when it has unique reference 用以指独一无二的人或事物)
*the sun 太阳
* the moon 月亮
* the stars 星星.
(b) (used with some parts of the natural world without a preceding adj 与表示自然界某部分之名词连用, 该名词前须无形容词)
*The sky was blue. 天空是蓝的. (Cf 参看 There was a blue sky.)
* The sea is rough. 海上波涛　涌. (Cf 参看 There's a rough sea.)
* The atmosphere wasstuffy. 空气不流通. (Cf 参看 There was a stuffy atmosphere.)4 (when the person or thing that is referred to is obvious within the situation 用以指不言而喻的人或事物)
*The milkman was late this morning. 送牛奶的人今晨来晚了.
* Have you seen the paper? 你看见报纸了吗?
* The children are in the garden. 孩子都在花园里呢.
* Would you pass the salt, please? 劳驾把盐递给我.
5 (used with superlative adjs, first, last, next, etc 与形容词最高级, 以及first、last、next等连用)
*the best day of your life 你一生中最美好的一天
* the hottest day of the holiday 假日中最热的一天
* What was the last thing I said? 我最後说的是什么?
6 (used with an adj to refer to all members of a class or nationality 与形容词连用, 表示某类或某国的全体分子或成员)
*trying to do the impossible 试图做做不到的事
* The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. 富的越富, 穷的越穷.
* The French are famous for their cooking. 法国人以善烹调着称.
7 (used with a singular [C] n to mean the whole class 与可数名词的单数连用, 指这一类的全体)
*The chimpanzee is an endangered species. 黑猩猩是濒于灭种的动物.
* The poodle is a popular house pet. 卷毛狗是很多人都喜爱的宠物.
8 (used for inventions in general 用以泛指发明的东西)
*Who invented the zip-fastener? 是谁发明的拉链?
* The motor car has been with us for almost a century. 汽车问世已近百年了.
* Let's not waste time re-inventing the wheel, ie working to develop sth that has already been produced. 我们别浪费时间再去发明别人已经做出来的东西了.
9 (used in front of a unit of measure to mean `every' 用于量度单位前, 表示｀每一＇)
*My car does forty miles to the gallon. 我的汽车每加仑汽油跑四十英里.
* I work free-lance and am paid by the hour. 我是自由职业者, 按小时计酬.
* The price is 50p the dozen. 价格是每打50便士.
10 (used to indicate that the person or thing referred to is well-known or important 用以表明所指的人或事物是出名的或重要的)
*Michael Crawford? Not `the Michael Crawford? 迈克尔·克劳福德? 莫不是那个迈克尔·克劳福德?
* The royal wedding was `the social event of the year. 皇室婚礼是当年社会生活中的大事.
11 (idm 习语) the more, less, etc...the more, less, etc... (used to show that the increase/decrease in one amount or degree of sth continues at the same rate as another 用以表示某事物与另一事物在数量或程度方面以相同的比例增加[减少])
*The more she thought about it, the more depressed she became. 她越想越别扭.
* The more beautiful the hat, the more expensive it usually is. 帽子越好看, 一般来说价钱就越贵.
* I want you out of here, and the sooner the better. 你给我走开, 越快越好.
* The less said about the whole affair, the happier I'll be. 对整件事谈得越少我越高兴.

Heinz-Jürgen Bothe (born November 5, 1941) is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics.