【问】 He looks the better for his rest.形容词比较级前能用定冠词the吗?如果能用，那么它的含义是什么?

【答】 这里的the并不是定冠词，而是副词。

the more... for(because of，because，on that ac-count)的语义为：“因……而更加”。其否定式not(none，never) the more... for(because of，

because，on that account)的语义是：“并不因……而更加”，如果没有for(because of，on thataccount，because)引出的原因状语，则the作“因此”、“靠此”解：

1. I'm glad you decided to take a walk. You'll work the better for it. (Cronin)

我很高兴你决定去散步，你会因此工作得更好。

2. I am the more inclined to believe him because he has nothing to gain by concealing thetruth. (Wood)

由于他隐瞒真实情况不会得到任何好处，所以我更加相信他。

3. I'm none the wiser for your explanation.

我听了你的解释，还是不明白。

4. He's none the worse for his fall from the window.

他从窗户摔下来，但并没有受伤。

5. She is no use，but I love her none the less.

她虽无用，但我仍然爱她(但我并不因此而不爱她)。

6. Your mother is an unmarried woman，I do not respect her the less on that account.(Shaw)

你母亲是个未婚女人，但我并不因此而不尊敬她。

7. Crows are never the whiter for washing themselves. (Prov)

乌鸦是洗不白的。

8. If a person was reputed to be rich，he was the more disposed to excuse his faults.

如果一个人因富有而出了名，他就会因此而更加容易原谅自己的缺点。