用于“介绍”,也用于“探讨”:other系列词的用法总结 - 白话英语202117
“白话英语”系列文章2020年总目录(含2016 - 2019年文章目录链接)
“最初的六七个月哪去了?”再谈“英语初学,口语应该怎么练” - 白话英语202116
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I can't see you now—some other time, maybe.我现在不能见你,也许别的时候吧。
Some designs are better than others. 有一些设计比其他的好。
Two buildings were destroyed and many others damaged in the blast.在这次爆炸中,两座建筑物被摧毁,还有许多建筑物遭损坏。
He raised one arm and then the other.他先举起一只胳膊,然后举起另一只。
One son went to live in Australia and the other one was killed in a car crash.一个儿子去了澳大利亚,另一个儿子车祸丧生了。
He listened carefully to the voice on the other end of the line.他认真地听电话线那一头(传来)的声音。
She’s much brighter than all the other children in her class.她比班上所有其他孩子都要聪明得多。
I went swimming while the others played tennis.我去游泳,而其他人去打网球了。
1、The boy had two arms. He raised one arm and then the other.
2、They had two sons. One son went to live in Australia and the other one was killed in a car crash.
3、The line has two ends. He listened carefully to the voice on the other end of the line.
4、Many children are in her class. / There are many children in her class. She’s much brighter than all the other children in her class.
5、We were a big group of people. I went swimming while the others played tennis.
Mr Brown had three daughters. Two were married to rich people, and the other remained single.布朗先生有三个女儿。两个嫁给了富人,还有一个一直单身。
想想看,某地有某人、有某物,这不就是很多故事的开篇吗?或者,这也可以是对话交流的最初介绍。
类似地,other、others是一个不定代词,它跟an、a一样,一般也是用于介绍之前没有出现过的人或事物的。
当然,other是很特别的,它的特别之处就在于,它仍然能和the在一起连用,以the other、the others的形式出现,对已经介绍过的确定群体中的“其他所有”加以探讨。
那么我们不禁要问,an、a可以这样吗?可以说the an、the a吗?显然是不能的。
不过,亲爱的朋友!语言是奇妙的,它关上一扇门的时候,会同时打开另一扇门。
我记得在《为什么不定冠词an不拼成am、ao……?为什么there be单数句变复数,a/an要变some?- 白话英语202050》这篇文章里,我曾经介绍过这样一个情况,就是:
那么,an前面不能加the,这没关系,我们可以找到an的老祖宗one,让one加在它前面,就形成了the one。比如这首歌: