(8)用于表示一類人

His concern for the poor is only a pose. 他對窮人的關心只不過是做做樣子罷了。

We shared out food and clothing to the poor. 我們把食品與衣服分給窮人。

The poor get poorer and the rich get richer. 窮者愈窮，富者愈富。

We demand that the rich shall pay for them. 我們要求富人為它們付款。

He stole from the rich to give to the poor. 他偷富人的東西去接濟窮人。

The number of the unemployed is still increasing. 失業的人還在增加。

The unemployed lead a hard life. 失業的人過著艱難的生活。

(9)用于江河湖海等前

用于江河湖海、山脈群島、海灣海峽等地理名詞前。如：

The Yangtse River is one of the arteries of traffic in China. 長江是中國的要道之一。

The Huang He River is the cradle of Chinese culture. 黃河是中國文化的搖籃。

The Missouri River flows eastward into the Mississippi. 密蘇里河向東流入密西西比河。

The Changjiang River irrigates vast stretches of farmland along its course. 長江灌溉著兩岸的大片農田。

The Red Sea separates [divides] Africa from Asia. 紅海把非洲和亞洲分開。

The Mediterranean Sea bathes the shore of Italy. 地中海環抱著意大利的海岸。

People always associate Hangzhou with the West Lake. 提起杭州，人們就聯想到西湖。

The Dead Sea is below sea level. 死海在海平面以下。

They’ve gone to the West Lake for boating. 他們到西湖劃船去了。

Bowness is on Lake Windermere. 鮑內斯位于溫德米爾湖畔。

(10)用于某些含有普通名詞的專有名詞前

用于某些國名、組織機構、建筑物、報紙雜志、會議條約等含有普通名詞與其他詞構成的專有名詞。如：

I shall never forget seeing the Great Wall for the first time. 我永不會忘記第一次看見長城的情景。

The ambassador made forceful representations to the White House. 該大使向白宮提出了強烈抗議。

I visited the White House a week after my arrival in the United States. 我到達美國一周后參觀了白宮。

August the first is the Army Day of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. 8月1日是中國人民解放軍的建軍節。

(11)用于整十的復數數詞前

表示幾十年代。如：

She was born in the fifties. 她生于50年代。

He was a superstar of the fifties. 他是一位50年代的超級明星。

He went to Japan with his family in the sixties. 他在60年代帶家人去了日本。

(12)用于比較級前

用于“the+比較級，the+比較級”結構中表示“越……就越……”。如：

The slower you drive, the safer you are. 車開得越慢就越安全。

The better I know him, the more respect do I have for him. 我越是了解他，就越尊敬他。

The more expensive petrol becomes, the less people drive. 汽油越貴，開車的人就越少。

The more you know, the more you’ll realize how little you know. 你知道得越多，你就越會體會到你知道得那么有限。

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