1. 指單數(shù)時(shí)的區(qū)別
若泛指用another,若特指用 the other。如:
Give me another (one). 另外給我一個(gè)。
Shut the other eye, please. 請(qǐng)把另一只眼睛也閉上。
2. 指復(fù)數(shù)時(shí)的區(qū)別
若泛指用 other(后接復(fù)數(shù)名詞),若特指用the other(后接復(fù)數(shù)名詞)。如:
There are other ways of doing it. 做這事還有其他的辦法。
Where have the other students gone? 其他學(xué)生都到哪里去了?
3. others的用法
它永遠(yuǎn)表示復(fù)數(shù)意義(且其后不能再接名詞)。其用法大致相當(dāng)于“other+復(fù)數(shù)名詞”,同樣地 the others 大致相當(dāng)于“the other+復(fù)數(shù)名詞”。如:
Other people [Others] may not think that way. 別的人可能不這樣想。
He is cleverer than the others [the other students] in her class. 他比班上其他學(xué)生聰明。
4. another的用法
一般只能表單數(shù),且其后接名詞也只能接單數(shù)名詞。但是若其后有數(shù)詞或 few 修飾時(shí),則也可接復(fù)數(shù)名詞。如:
We need another few chairs. 我們還需要幾把椅子。
In another two weeks it’ll be finished. 再過兩個(gè)星期就可做完了。