“go to school”和“go to the school”的区别(详解)

《go to school 和 go to the school 的区别》


“上学”,这个词可以译作 go to school。在“学校” 这词的前面是不可以加冠词的,说 go to the school 就错了。

但为什么说,I'll go to the school to tell him.(我到学校去告诉他),又可以加冠词呢。

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一个普通的名词,在用作抽象的意义的时候,是需要把定冠词略去的

比如,在“学校”的抽象意思是“施教”,从学生方面来看,是去求学,去读书。所以英文解释这种抽象作用时,说,“the training given in a school,education.(在学校所给的训练,也就是教育)”

在这种情况下, school 前面是不需要加 the 的。例如,

He goes to school by bus every day. (他每天坐公共汽车去上学)

You send a boy to school.
(你送孩子去上学)

They come home from school at three. (他们三点钟放学回家)

What do you do before school? (上学之前你打算做什么?)

School begins at eight. (学校从八点起开始上课)



这种说法,都是学校的本意,通常的含义。

不过如果您把学校这个词,不当作本意使用,而把它看作一个地方,指校舍或建筑物的情况下(a place for teaching and learning, the building or buildings of a school),它便成了一个具体的东西,失去了抽象的意义,这个时候就需要加上定冠词了,比如,

I went to the school to see the results of the entrance examination. (我到学校去看入学考试的成绩)

He  lives opposite the school. (他就住在学校对面)

I always take my lunch at the school. (我通常都在学校吃午饭)

You will find them in the school between 8 A.M. and 4 P.M. (在上午八点到下午四点的时候,你可以在学校里找到他们)




英文中很多普通名词都有这种抽象用法,一个需要加冠词,另一个不需要加冠词这里举几个例子,


Hospital(医院):

He is now in hospital. (他现在进了医院)

He is one of the patients at the hospital. (他是这家医院里的病人之一)


Market(市场):

Mother has gone to market. (母亲去市场了)

Is it far from here to the market? (从这里到市场远么?)


Table(桌子):

They were at table when I went in. (我进去时他们正在吃饭)

The supper is on the table. (晚饭在桌子上)



需要注意的是,也有例外的时候。比如到戏院去看戏,虽然是戏院的本意,但是仍然要加 the,从而说成 go to the theatre(去看戏),go to the cinema(去看电影),go to the movies(去看电影)。




posted on 2011-04-19 11:59  shcity  阅读(7300)  评论(0编辑  收藏  举报

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