1.article的基本意思是“物件”“物品”,常指一套中之一。article还可作“文章”解,指报纸、杂志上的短文。引申可表示“项目”“条款”,指法律上的规定,也可指协议或合同上的契约。article还可作“冠词”解。
2.an article of常可接不可数名词,意为“一件”。

leading article
社论 the one given the most important place
Have you read the leading article in today's paper?你读过今天报纸上的社论吗?

The burglars took no article of value.这些盗贼没有拿走值钱的东西。
The articles found in the car helped the police identify the body.警方根据从汽车里找到的物品确认了尸体的身份。
He put the article on the table.他把那东西放在桌子上。
We should buy several articles at the shop.我们在这家商场买点东西。
The articles appeared in a collection.那些文章已汇编成册出版了。
His article has never appeared in print.他的文章从未出版过。
This article admits of improvement in many ways.这篇文章许多地方还有修改的余地。
We agree that the article is worth reading.我们认为这篇文章值得一读。
They took an article of clothing.他们拿了一件衣服。
Bread is a main article of food.面包是主食。
Please take an article of luggage.请拿一件行李。
This is an article of furniture.这是一件家具。
This article allows no other explanation.这项条款不容有别的解释。
These are articles of the agreement.这些是协定的条款。
The committee agreed upon the following articles.委员会就下列条款取得了一致意见。
This is judged under Article 44 of the Constitution.这是根据《宪法》第44条判的。
“A/an” is the indefinite article,“the” is the definite article. a/an是不定冠词, the是定冠词。
There are some cases of the borrowing of grammatical categories, including that of the articles.有一些借用语法范畴的情况,包括冠词在内。

article, text
参见text条。

［同义词］   commentary, commodity, essay, item, thing
［词源］＜拉丁语articulus(关节,接合)