1.除某些特殊情况外,
专有名词,抽象名词和物质名词前不加
冠词。如:
Wisdom is better than strength.
智慧胜于力量。
Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水。
2.在表示
交通工具和学科名词的名词前不加冠词。如:
by car 坐汽车 by ship 坐船
by plane 坐飞机 on foot 步行
English 英语 French 法语
Chinese 汉语 mathematics 数学
physics 物理 chemistry 化学
3.在节假日,星期,月份,季节等名词前不加冠词。如:
National Day 国庆节 May Day 五一节
Teachers' Day 教师节 Sunday 星期天
spring 春天 August 八月
4.在惟一的职务,头衔的名词前不加冠词。如:
We elected him manager of our company.
我们选他为公司的经理。
He was elected president of that country last year.
去年他当选为那个国家的总统。
5.在普通名词+as 的
让步状语从句中不加冠词。如:
Child as he is, he knows great deal.
他虽然是个孩子,却懂很多事情。
Hard task as he took, he managed to finish it on time.
任务虽然艰巨,他还是准时完成了。
6.在报纸标题,图像说明,文章题目,标志,广告前不加冠词。如:
Worker's Mind
工人的心声(报纸名称)
Notes on the Study of Hong Lou Meng
红楼梦研究札记
Girl Wanted
招聘女侍者一名(广告)
7.在一些固定词组中不加冠词。如:
at home 在家 by mistake 出错
step by step 逐渐 learn by heart 记住
day and night 日日夜夜 in sight 看见
at first 最初 at last 终于
by chance 碰巧 by accident 偶然
by way of 通过/为了 in face of 面对
in press 在付印中 on foot 徒步
in place of 取代 in debt/trouble 负债/陷入困境
take place 发生 in bed 卧床
in/after class 课上/下 in effect 实际上
in hospital 住院 in person 亲自
in return 作为报答 set sail 启航
on fire 在燃烧 put to music 谱成曲
keep in mind 记在心上 take root 扎根
make round 巡查 make friends with 和。。。交朋友
make eyes at 向。。。抛媚眼 make ends meet 使收支相抵
make fun of 开。。。玩笑 make sense 有道理
make room for 为。。。腾地方 make haste 赶紧
put in mind of 使想起 put in order 整顿
put into effect 执行 put into power 使上台执政
put into practice 付诸实施 put on weight 增加体重
put to bed 安顿睡觉 put to death 处死