剑桥MSE基础语法丨Other, others, the other or another的区别和用法
Other
other ="additional or extra", or "alternative", or "different types of".
other as a determiner
other作限定词使用时,可以与不可数名词,以及可数名词复数连用:
Some music calms people; other music has the opposite effect. (different types of music)
What other books by Charles Dickens have you read, apart from‘Oliver Twist’? (additional or extra books)
当other与可数名词单数连用时,需要在前面添加另一个限定词:
I don't like the red one. I prefer the other colour.
Jeremy is at university; our other son is still at school.
注:other作限定词使用时,没有复数形式(others)
Mandy and Charlotte stayed behind.The other girls went home. (The others girls...)
other as a pronoun
other作代词用时,根据上下文内容,可以使用复数形式。
We have to solve this problem, more than any other.
I’ll attach two photos to this email and I’ll send others tomorrow.
The other
the other as a determiner
the other与名词单数搭配时,指的是两个事物或人之中的第二个,也指事物的对立面:
This computer here is new. The other computer is about five years old.
The gift shop is on the other side of the street.
the other与名词复数搭配时,指的是一组人或事物中,剩下的那一部分:
Joel and Karen are here, but where are the other kids?
Where are the other two dinner plates? I can only find four.
the other as a pronoun
the other作代词时,用于指代在之前提到过的事物的另一个或替换:
He had his hat in one hand and a bunch of flowers in the other.
She has two kittens, one is black and the other is all white.
当用于指代多个人或事物时,the other也有复数形式the others:
Bob is on his way here, with the others.