article
n
1 particular or separate thing, esp one of a set 物件; 物品(尤指一套中之一)
articles of clothing, eg shirts, socks, hats, coats 衣物(如襯衫, 襪子, 帽子, 外衣)
toilet articles, eg soap, toothpaste, shaving-cream 梳妝用品(如肥皂, 牙膏, 刮胡膏)
The articles found in the car helped the police identify the body. 警方根據從汽車 找到的物品認出了尸體的身分.
2 piece of writing, complete in itself, in a newspaper, magazine, etc (報刊上的)文章
an interesting article on/about education 一篇關於教育的使人感興趣的文章.3 (law 律) separate clause or item in an agreement or a contract (協議或合同的)項目, 條款
articles of apprenticeship, ie the formal agreement between an apprentice and his employer 師徒合約.
4 (grammar) either of the determiners `a/an' (the indefinite article) or `the' (the definite article) 冠詞(不定冠詞a/an或定冠詞 the). article, v [usu passive 通常用於被動語態
Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (to sb) employ sb under contract as a trainee 雇用某人為受合同約束的受訓者
an articled clerk 訂有見習合同的店員
articled to a solicitor 受律師實習條款約束的.