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正如我们所知,英语冠词(a/an与the)是一种虚词,在句中它不能独立存在,只是附着在名词上,以帮助说明该名词的语意。但在某些短语中,有时起着十分重要、甚至决定性的作用,有无它的存在其语义也截然不同。当然冠词的变化很多,也十分复杂,不是几条规则所能包括得了的。一切约定俗成,该成习惯。这里仅举英语习语中的几种情况,说明有无冠词其差异很大,应引起我们足够的重视。如:He is without question the greatest authority on this subject now living.其意很显然是,“他无疑是这一学科当代最大的权威”;而I have so much work to do that a holiday for me this year is out of the question.其意则是“我要做的工作太多,因此,今年休假是根
As we know, the English article (a/an and the) is an imaginary word in which it cannot exist independently but is attached to a noun to help explain the noun’s semantics. However, in some phrases, it sometimes plays a very important and even decisive role. The existence or absence of its semantics is totally different. Of course, there are many changes in the articles and they are also very complicated. They are not included in several rules. It is customary to have everything in common. Here are just a few examples of English idioms, indicating whether or not the articles are very different, and should be given enough attention by us. Such as: He is without question the greatest authority on this subject now living. The meaning of this is obviously, “He is undoubtedly the greatest authority in the discipline today”; and I have so much work to do that a holiday for me this year is Out of the question. It means "I have too much work to do, so this year’s vacation is the root