1. 指单数时的用法指单数时,若泛指用another,若特指用 the other。如:Give me another (one). 另外给我一个。
Shut the other eye, please. 请把另一只眼睛也闭上。
2. 指复数时的用法指复数时,若泛指用 other(后接复数名词),若特指用the other(后接复数名词)。如:There are other ways of doing it. 做这事还有其他的办法。
Where have the other students gone? 其他学生都到哪里去了?
3. other的用法others永远表示复数意义(且其后不能再接名词)。其用法大致相当于)“other+复数名词”,同样地 the others 大致相当于“the other+复数名词”。如:Other people [Others] may not think that way. 别的人可能不这样想。
He is cleverer than the others [the other students] in his class. 他比班上其他学生聪明。
4. another的用法another一般只能表单数,且其后接名词也只能接单数名词。但是若其后有数词或 few 修饰时,则也可接复数名词。如:We need another few chairs. 我们还需要几把椅子。
In another two weeks it'll be finished. 再过两个星期就可做完了。
5. 与 some连用与 some 对比使用时,用 others(此时与 some 同义)。如:Some say yes, and others say no. 有人说对,有人说不对。