articles
An article is a piece of writing that is published in a newspaper or magazine.
a newspaper article.
一篇报上的文章。
According to an article in Newsweek the drug could have side effects.
据《新闻周刊》上的一篇文章,这种药物可能有副作用。
The magazine published an article on skin cancer.
这本杂志上刊登了一篇关于皮肤癌的文章。
You can refer to objects as articles of some kind.
articles of clothing.
衣物。
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。
An article of a formal agreement or document is a section of it that deals with a particular point.
The country appears to be violating several articles of the convention.
该国看来违反了公约中的数个条款。
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.
the genuine article
If you describe something as the genuine article, you are emphasizing that it is genuine, and often that it is very good.
The vodka was the genuine article.
这伏特加是真品。