用形容詞表示類別和整躰
1) 某些形容詞加上定冠詞可以泛指一類人,與謂語動詞的複數(shù)連接。如:the dead,the living,the rich,the poor,the blind,the hungry The poor are losing hope.
2) 有關(guān)國家和民族的形容詞加上定冠詞指這個民族的整躰,與動詞的複數(shù)連用。 The British,the English,the French,the Chinese. The English have wonderful sense of humor.