the

英 [before a consonant ðə; before a vowel; ðɪ; stressed; ðiː] 美[ðə]

• art. 这；那
• adv. 更加（用于比较级，最高级前）

a bird in the hand a bolt out of the blue across the board across the world against all the odds all (the) year round all the best all the same to all the same all the time all the way all the while and the like answer the phone around the corner around the world as the case might be as the name suggests at the age of at the back of at the bus stop at the cost of at the crack of dawn at the end of (August) at the end of at the expense of at the latest at the mercy of at the moment at the opposite extreme at the outset at the outside at the peak of at the ready at the request of at the same time at the sight of at the suggestion of at the top of at the word of command be in the hands of be the case be the making of be the rage be the rule beat around the bush beat about the bush begin with the idea that behind the lines behind the scenes behind the times beside the point break the ice break the record break the rule bring the house down bring up the rear burn to the ground but then by the (thousands) by the age of by the book by the by by the close of by the same token by the time by the way capture the imagination of clean the bedroom clean the kitchen clean the living room clean the room clear the air clear the table come onto the market come to the end cook the chicken cook the meals dead to the world despite the odds do the dishes do the honors do the laundry each other earn the name of either or empty the trash every now and then every other fall to the ground Father Christmas feed the fish feel the pinch fill the bill fit the bill for the moment for the most part for the present for the record for the sake of for the taking for the time being for the time from the outset from then on gather in get in the way get off the ground get the best of get the better of get the hang of get the jump on get together give the slip go by the name of go the rounds of go to the cinema go to the drama club go to the movies go to the playground half brother hang together have the making of have the upper hand here and there Here they are hold the line in other words in the abstract in the afternoon in the act of in the aggregate in the air in the balance in the beginning in the center of in the circumstances in the course of in the dark in the daytime in the distance in the end in the evening in the event of in the event that in the event in the extreme in the face of in the first instance in the first place in the flesh in the form of in the future in the habit of in the hands of in the hope that in the interests of in the interim in the light of in the long run in the long term in the main in the meantime in the middle in the midst of in the minority in the morning in the name of in the neighborhood of in the open air in the open in the past in the raw in the red in the region of in the right in the saddle in the same boat in the short run in the vicinity of in the wake of in the way of in the way in the wind in the wings in the world in the wrong Journey to the West jump the queue just then keep to the beaten track kill the fatted calf lay the table lead the way make the acquaintance of make the bed make the best of a bad job make the best of make the difference make the grade make the most of man in the street Martin Luther King, Jr mother tongue movie theater national anthem native to (the west) neither here nor there neither nor none other than Northern Ireland not in the least not in the slightest Notre Dame Cathedral now and then of the day of the essence of the period off the air off the hook off the record on the air on the alert on the average on the basis of on the battlefield on the blink on the bottom on the brink of on the button on the contrary on the go on the ground of on the grounds of on the heavy side on the horizon on the hour on the house on the increase on the job on the move on the one hand on the other band on the other hand on the other side on the part of on the phone on the point of on the quiet on the right on the road to on the road on the run on the shelf on the side on the spot on the spur of the moment on the strength of on the table on the threshold of on the trot on the urban scene on the verge of on the whole on their way one after another one another one way or another open the floor other than out of the blue out of the ordinary out of the question out of the way out there over the hill over the horizon over there pass the time of day with pass the time pat on the back pave the way for Peter the Great pie in the sky piece together plain clothes play in the school band play the drum play the flute play the piano play the violin practice the piano pull oneself together pull together put another way put away the clothes put the interests of ahead of put the screw on rather than rise to the occasion round the clock scrape together see the doctor see the sunrise set the pace set the stage for set the table Simba the Lion King since then stab in the back stick together Student of the Year surf the Internet surf the net sweep the floor take a breathe take out the garbage take the place of take the plunge talk on the phone tell the time the accused the Alps the Amazon Jungle the Andes the Antarctic the Arctic Circle the Baltic Sea the Bering Strait the British Museum the Conservative Party the Danube River the day after tomorrow the day before yesterday the Dead Sea the Deutsche Mark the Dragon Boat Festival the Faroe Islands the Forbidden City The Foundation the Frog Prince the gist the Great Hall of the People the Great Lakes the Great Wall of China the Great Wall the greenhouse effect the hell the high jump the human race the Indian Ocean the Lantern Festival the London Eye the long jump the media the Milky Way the Ming Tombs the Ministry of Education the Mogao Caves the moment that the moment the more the more the Net the Nile River the Nile the North Pole the Olympic Committee the Olympic Games the Olympics the only child the other day the overwhelming majority the Pacific Islands the Pacific the Palace Museum the Parana River the Pearl River the pick of the poor the Potala Palace the PRC the present day the rank and file the Renaissance the rest the rich the Rocky Mountains the same as the same to the Shaolin Temple the Six Banyan Temple the solar system the South Pole the Soviet Union the spot of earth the Stone Forest the Summer Palace the Temple of Heaven the Terracotta Warriors the Trojans the turn of the century the U.S. the U.S.A the UK the Union Jack the United Kingdom the United States the US the warriors the Water Festival the World Cup Final the World Cup theater critic theme park theory of probability there and then there are there be there is tip the scales at to say the least To tell you the truth to the contrary to the core to the effect that to the extreme to the letter to the point to the tune of toe the line together with turn the corner turn the tables under the circumstances under the name of under the umbrella of under the weather up in the air up to the minute visit the library walk the dog wash clothes wash the clothes wash the dishes wash the windows water the flowers water the plants weather report wide of the mark Window of the World with the exception of with the help of work on the idea of would rather than would rather Wuthering Heights