冠词详解
1.不定冠词的用法
(1)辅音音素前用a,元音音素前用an.
如:a piece of information,an honest man
(2)用于可数名词的单数形式前,指人或物的某一种类,此时a带有any的意思。如:
A horse is a useful animal.
马是有用的动物。
A knife is a tool for cutting with.
刀子是切割东西的工具。
(3)等于one,但数的概念没有one强烈。如:
I have a mouth, a nose, two eyes and two ears.
我有一张嘴,一个鼻子,两只眼睛和两个耳朵。
Rome was not built in a day.
罗马非一日建成。
(4)等于 per或 every.如:
There are fifty-two weeks in a year.