第1个回答 2006-03-15
other本身没有单独使用的时候, 它可以修饰一个名词或代词, 如: other people, 也可以和the联用, 或者用another, 或者用它的复数形式others. 这几种表达的具体用法见下:
关于other前加不加the要看前文是否有一个范围, 如果没有范围就不需要加the, 泛指另外一个用another或another one 或another + 单数名词(如another apple).
泛指另外一些用others, 或other ones, 或other + 复数名词(如other people), 以下是几个例句:
I don't want this one. Show me another (one), please.
Show me some other ones, please.
You shouldn’t always think of yourself. You should think more of others (other people).
如果前文划定了一个范围, 或者隐含了一个范围(如:"他的另一只手", 一个人只有两只手, 这个范围是隐含的), 需要和the 联用. 例句:
“Where are the two players from?”
“One (of them) is from Japan, but I know nothing about the other (one).”
We use the satellite to send messages to the other side of the world. (隐含范围).
Four of the group were killed in the accident. The others / The other people were saved.
some常和others 联用, 如: There are a lot of people in the park, some are reading, some are boating, others are taking a walk. 此时的others 表示其余有些人, 而不一定是其余全部的人.
试比较:
Some students in my class are from the country, the others are from town. 此句中的the others 强调其余的全部学生.
another还有一个特殊用法: another + 数词 + 复数名词, 表示另外一些东西, 如: another ten minutes, 就等于 ten more minutes: 另外十分钟.
从上文中可以看到other即可以有类似形容词的用法(修饰另外一个词, 如other people), 也可以作为代词来用(后边不修饰词, 如:"the other"), 其实大部分不定代词都有这两种用法, 如: "some", 可以修饰一个词, 如:some paper, 也可以单独使用, 如: Some are very interesting.
但请比较:
"the other"和"the other one"都是正确的形式, 因为前者可以理解为代词的用法, 后者可以理解为形容词的用法.
"the others" 却不能再修饰另外一词, 因为它只能理解为代词, 故此"the others people"就是一个错误的说法.
other和another的用法
1.other表示泛指,意为“另外的、别的、其它的”。常与复数名词或不可数名词连用。如果其前有the,this,some,any,each,every,no,one以及形容词性物主代词时,其后就可接单数名词。注意下面other的几种变形:
others:它是other的复数形式,表示泛指,意为“别的人或物”,但不指全部。如:
Many students are playing on the playground. Some
are playing football;others are playing basketball.
the other:表示两者中的另外一个。可单独使用,也可后接单数名词。如:
The old man has two sons. One is a worker,the other
is a teacher.
但如果the other后接复数名词或者the other本身用复数形式 (the
others),都可表示其余的全部。如:
We shall do some cleaning this afternoon. Group One
will clean the wall. Group Two will clean the windows.
The other students will sweep the floor.
2.
another常用于指三者或三者以上中的“另外一个”。它可单独使用,也可后接名词。如果其后接复数名词,则表示“又、再、还”。如:
This cap is too small for me. Show me another (one).
We need another three assistants in our shop.
用本人的话说,others与the others的区别是前者没有特定的东西,而后者是指特定的,并且它们都包含名词;other和the other与前面说的一样,但不包含名词。比如说你向别人要一个梨,但正好没了,那这时你可以再选则一个苹果,这个苹果可以用other来表示,如果一定要一个梨,那就要用the other来表示了。another表示“其它的,别的”。