article /ˈɑːtɪkəl/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT An article is a piece of writing that is published in a newspaper or magazine. 文章

  例：

  ...a newspaper article.

  …一篇报上的文章。

  例：

  According to an article in Newsweek the drug could have side effects.

  据一篇《新闻周刊》上的文章，这种药物可能有副作用。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT You can refer to objects as articles of some kind. 物品

  例：

  ...articles of clothing.

  …衣物。

  例：

  He had stripped the house of all articles of value.

  他已把那所房子里值钱的东西洗劫一空。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT An article of a formal agreement or document is a section of it that deals with a particular point. 条款

  例：

  The country appears to be violating several articles of the convention.

  该国看来正在违反该公约中的数个条款。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT In grammar, an article is a kind of determiner. In English, "a" and "an" are called the indefinite article, and "the" is called the definite article. 冠词

• 5. 

  PHRASE If you describe something as the genuine article, you are emphasizing that it is genuine, and often that it is very good. 真品 [强调]

  例：

  The vodka was the genuine article.

  这伏特加是真品。