【问】 at table与at the table意思相同吗?

【答】 at table的意思是：“吃饭时”、“就餐时”，而at the table的意思则是：“在桌旁”。请对比下列各例：

1. When I arrived my friends were already at table. (ELD)

当我到达时我的朋友们已经在吃饭了。

2. It is bad manners to blow your nose at table. (LDCE)

吃饭时擤鼻涕是不礼貌的。

3. They were sitting at the table playing a game.

他们坐在桌旁玩牌。