英語(yǔ)規(guī)定,國(guó)家的名字前不加定冠詞.但是,如果一個(gè)國(guó)名的第一個(gè)詞是由普通名詞,也就是,不在國(guó)名中的時(shí)候,也有意義的時(shí)候,必須加the,例如：The great Britain/ THe people's repuiblic...the USA等.不僅如此,其他的地名也是這樣：The Great Wall wall 是一個(gè)普通名詞,在這兒被當(dāng)作專有名詞用.規(guī)則很多,要查一查冠詞的用法一節(jié)如下：
定冠詞the的用法
① 表示上文提到過(guò)的人或事物.
如：He bought an English-Chinese dictionary this morning.The dictionary is very good.
② 用于單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞前,表示整體或類別.
如：The panda is a rare animal.
此句等于：A panda is a rare animal.= Pandas are rare animals.
③ 用來(lái)表示世界上獨(dú)一無(wú)二的事物.
如：the sun,the moon,the sky,the earth,the world
④ 用于表示階級(jí)、黨派的名詞前.
如：the Chinese Communist Party,the working class the proletariat 無(wú)產(chǎn)階級(jí)
⑤ 常用于含有普通名詞或形容詞的專有名詞前.
A.用于許多江海,山脈,群島等名詞前：
The Yellow River The East Sea the Himalayas the Pacific Ocean
B.用于由普通名詞構(gòu)成的國(guó)名：
The People’s Republic of China the United States
C.用于機(jī)關(guān)、團(tuán)體、朝代、時(shí)代、報(bào)刊雜志等名詞前：
the United Nations the State Council the Tang dynasty the People’s Daily
the Summer Palace the Peace Hotel the British Museum
⑥ 用于表示方位的名詞前.
如：the east the southwest the middle the Far East on the left
⑦ 用于樂(lè)器名詞前,但漢語(yǔ)拼音的樂(lè)器前不用冠詞.
如：play the piano play the violin play erhu
⑧ 用于復(fù)數(shù)的姓氏前,表示兩夫婦或全家,在此情況下,這類名詞作復(fù)數(shù)對(duì)待.
如：When we got there,the Lius were waiting for us.
The Smiths watch TV every day.
⑨ 用于某些形容詞或過(guò)去分詞前,表示一類人或事物.
如：the poor the rich the living the young
the wounded the oppressed the beautiful
⑩ 用在形容詞的最高級(jí)前或序數(shù)詞前.
如：Shanghai is the biggest city in china.
After the game,the first thing they wanted to do was to take a hot bath.