■ best man

作为表语或在 as 后面，best man 通常没有定冠词 the，是婚礼上的“伴郎”、“傧相”。

• I was recently asked to be best man for a friend's wedding.不久以前，人家请我给一位朋友的婚礼担任伴郎。
• The two of them served as best men at each other's weddings.他们两人互相在对方的婚礼上担任伴郎。

但是作为句中其他成分，仍然可以有 a 或 the。

• While the basic responsibilities of a best man have remained largely unchanged over the years, the world has moved on.当伴郎要担负的基本职责多年来大体没有变化，但是世界已经向前进了。
• It is the bridegroom's duty to make the second toast to the bridesmaids. The best man responds, on behalf of the bridesmaids, to this toast.新郎应该把第二杯酒敬给伴娘们。伴郎则代表伴娘们回敬。

此外，在实际语言中，best man 作为表语，也有加上 the 的。

• And when Muller was engaged to be married, he asked Sullivan to be the best man at his wedding this New Year's Eve. (The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, New York, Dec. 26, 2006, A8)当穆勒订婚准备结婚时，他邀请沙利文在今年除夕他举行婚礼时当伴郎。