【问】 We usually have bread and eggs for____(the breakfast,breakfast),我在学习中发现breakfast之前有时带冠词有时不带冠词(It happened at breakfast.)。这是怎么回事呢? 【答】 一般而论,当breakfast泛指早餐时,它的前面不带冠词。你上面提到的句子便属于这种情况。再如: 1. I never eat breakfast. (Chambers) 我从不吃早饭。 2. The boy had enough money to buy breakfast. 男孩有足够的钱买早饭。 但是,当breakfast指某顿具体的早餐时,则常常带冠词: 1. Have a good breakfast. (ALD) 早餐吃饱(或好)一点。 2. He had a quick breakfast and went to work. 他很快吃完了早餐去工作了。 3. Then she took up the task of getting the breakfast. (Dreiser) 然后她开始承担弄早餐的任务。 然而,实际使用情况却会出现一些比较错综复杂的情况。例如,当提到某一次具体的早餐、午餐或正餐时,有时候也省略冠词: 1. That day,breakfast was served on the terrace. 那天,早饭是在阳台上吃的。 2. Dinner's ready! 饭准备好了! 3. I'm busy cooking(the) dinner. 我正忙着做饭。 此外,当breakfast之前有after,before,during,at,for等介词时,通常也省略冠词,例如: After breakfast. I sent the children to school and then I went to market.(New ConceptEnglish,Book 2,L.54) 早饭后,我送孩子去上学,然后去市场。请做下面的试题: I like bacon and eggs____. A. for breakfast B. for the breakfast C. with breakfast D. with the breakfast(Nelson,200B) 这里所提到的规则也适用于lunch,supper,dinner。