oth·er /ˈʌðə $ ˈʌðər/ ●●● S1 W1 determiner , adjective , pronoun1 DIFFERENTthe second of two 兩個中的第二個 used to refer to the second of two people or things, which is not the one you already have or the one you have already mentioned 另一個the/your otherI can’t find my other shoe. 我找不到另一只鞋。
One man was arrested, but the other one got away. 一個人被捕,但另一個逃脫了。
He kept shifting awkwardly from one foot to the other. 他一直笨拙地來回倒換雙腳。
She took it for granted that each knew who the other was. 她想當然地認爲這兩人互相認識。
2 REMAIN/BE LEFTthe rest 其餘的 used to refer to all the people or things in a group apart from the one you have already mentioned or the one that is already known about 其餘的,另外的the/your otherThe other hotels are all full. 其他的賓館均已客滿。
She’s much brighter than all the other children in her class. 她比班上所有其他孩子都要聰明得多。
I chose this coat in the end because the other ones were all too expensive. 最後我選擇了這件外套,因爲其他的都太貴了。
the/your othersI can see Julie, but where have all the others gone? 我看到朱莉了,可是其他人都去哪兒了?
3 additional 額外的 used to refer to additional people or things of the same kind 别的,另外的,其他的There are one or two other problems I’d like to discuss. 還有一兩個别的問題我想討論一下。
I’ve got some other friends I’d like to invite. 我還想邀請一些其他的朋友。
Have you any other questions? 你還有别的什麽問題嗎?
among others (=used when mentioning one or more examples) 包括,其中The guests included, among others, Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson. 嘉賓包括伊麗莎白•泰勒和邁克爾•傑克遜。
4 different 不同的 used to refer to a different person or thing from the one you have already mentioned or the one that is already known about 别的,其他的David and Jessica were playing with two other children. 戴維和傑茜卡在和另外兩個小孩一起玩。
You’d better change into some other clothes. 你最好換别的衣服。
Do you envy other women who seem to manage their lives better? 你羨慕其他看似能更好地安排自己生活的女人嗎?
Can we discuss this some other time? 我們能否換個時間討論這個問題?
There is no other job I would rather do. 沒有别的工作是我想幹的。
Saudi Arabia produces more oil than any other country. 沙特阿拉伯的石油産量高於其他任何國家。
I hope you will learn to show more respect for others (=other people). 我希望你能學會更加尊重别人。
some ... othersSome people are at greater risk than others. 一些人的風險比另一些人更大。
5 opposite 對面的 used to refer to the thing that is opposite you, furthest from you, or moving away from you 對面的,相反方向的the other side/end/direction etcYou can park on the other side of the street. 你可以在街對面停車。
He lives at the other end of the road. 他住在這條路的另一頭。
She drove off in the other direction. 她往相反的方向開走了。
6 other than EXCEPTapart from a particular person or thing 除了…以外,除外 SYN exceptThe truth was known to no one other than herself. 除了她自己之外,沒有人知道真相。
He doesn’t eat pork, but other than that he’ll eat just about anything. 他不吃豬肉,但除此之外他幾乎什麽都吃。
other than• There was no reason for this other than a certain unwillingness to emerge from our bond trading shell.• He doesn't eat out at all, other than at Burger King.• Other than at football matches, people sing less than they used to.• It was the greatest honor, other than getting accepted in heaven.• For brain functions other than language, most of what we know comes from studies of the brains of other animals.• That haunted offspring turns out to be none other than large Lawrence, in this raucous spoof of trash television.• No known clockmaker, other than self-taught Harrison himself, lived or worked anywhere around north Lincolnshire in the early eighteenth century.• The music was a little loud, but other than that it was a great concert.• You should get a little stiffness, but other than that, there should be no side effects.• He insists the designs have no grand meaning, other than that they appealed to his eye.• Its components are none other than the economic, political, military, royal, and bureaucratic branches of the social order.• You can also create mailboxes other than the simple in and out trays and mark them in however you want.• Sam refused to discuss the argument, other than to say that Diane had called him 'gutless'. 7 none other than somebody SURPRISEDused to emphasize that the person involved in something is famous, impressive, or surprising 正是某人,恰恰是某人,居然是某人〔強調所說到的當事人很出名、令人敬佩、讓人感到意外等〕Johnson’s defence lawyer was none other than Joe Beltrami. 約翰遜的辯護律師不是别人,正是喬•貝爾特拉米。
none other than somebody• Out of this union Persephone bears none other than Dionysos.• Faithless is the result of a close collaboration between Ullmann and her scriptwriter, who is none other than Ingmar Bergman.• That haunted offspring turns out to be none other than large Lawrence, in this raucous spoof of trash television.• It includes an early set of variations by none other than Ludwig van Beethoven, the program's one big name.• Why, look, gentlemen, it is none other than our young Pascal.• Another of McGrath's novels, Asylum, is being adapted for the screen by none other than Stephen King.• Its components are none other than the economic, political, military, royal, and bureaucratic branches of the social order.• Sources say Gumbel was summoned there by none other than the potentate of Microsoft himself, Bill Gates.
8 the other way around/round OPPOSITE/REVERSEthe opposite of what you have just mentioned 正相反,倒過來I always thought that rugby was a rougher game than football, but in fact it’s the other way round. 我一直以爲橄欖球比足球粗野,但事實正好相反。
Students practise translating from French to English and the other way around. 學生們練習法語和英語互譯。
the other way around/round• It may also be more accurate to say that the user responds to the system rather than the other way around.• It only works the other way round.• Language, I have learned, by writing about this, gives birth to feeling, not the other way around.• Right now, that is the other way around.• What is more, in Britain in the 1980s it was the other way round.• Only it should really have been the other way around, when you get right down to it.• The question is better put the other way around: will Californians pay much attention to the politicians? 9 the other day/morning/week etc RECENTLYused to say that something happened recently, without saying exactly when 那天/那天早上/那個星期等〔表示發生在最近的某個時候,但不說明具體是什麽時候〕I saw Rufus the other day. 前些天我看見了魯弗斯。
the other day/morning/week etc• C., your man Stafford called the other day.• He won on his seasonal debut at Chepstow last month and wasn't at all disgraced when third at Ascot the other day.• I caught Cam looking at me the other day.• I had a letter from Benedicta the other day.• Isn't the sea calmer than the other day?• I just saw one the other day, buying cheese.• Yeah, she did that the other day in the car.• Another feller came the other day to get some, too. 10 something/someone/somewhere etc or other used when you are not being specific about which thing, person, place etc you mean 某事物/某人/某個地方等It’ll be here somewhere or other. 它會在這裏的某個地方。
We’ll get the money somehow or other. 我們會有辦法弄到這筆錢的。
something/someone/somewhere etc or other• Almost all our citizens are indicted for something or other.• Calls himself Jack something or other.• He did it not because he liked people that night but to make a moral point about something or other.• Later on, we were on another job, looking after a defence minister from somewhere or other.• Somebody else got a chocolate something or other.• Nineteen fifty something or other convertible.• Iris is off somewhere or other for the next few days.• It was decided by someone or other that we would stay out at Lima with the grunts. 11 in other words CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDused when you are expressing an idea or opinion again in a different and usually simpler way 換言之,換句話說The tax only affects people on incomes of over $200,000 – in other words, the very rich. 這項稅只影響收入在20萬美元以上的人,也就是說非常有錢的人。
So he is a fraud, a common thief in other words. 所以他是個騙子,也就是說,是個慣偷。
in other words• Not a literary artist, in other words.• The books and materials are kept on closed access, in other words available only to the library staff.• Their utilitarian contribution to our welfare should not, in other words, be our criterion as to whether they survive or not.• He prides himself on his powers of persuasion -- or, in other words, his salesmanship.• What we need is a more sustainable transport system, in other words, more buses and trains, and fewer cars.• This is supposed to be a democracy - in other words, one person one vote.• Why, in other words, should we want to get true beliefs rather than false ones?• They signify, in other words, that everything is gift.• It insists, in other words, that they must treat as law what conventions stipulates is law.• At the beginning of the twentieth century, in other words, the hour of reform had not yet struck.• The tax only affects people on incomes over $200,000 - in other words, the very rich.• An entrepreneur, in other words, uses resources in new ways to maximize productivity and effectiveness.• What the king did, in other words, was to use the assembly to defuse trouble in the provinces.• "Well, Randy's not quite ready to make a decision yet." "So, in other words, we have to wait, right?" 12 the other woman used to refer to a woman with whom a man is having a sexual relationship, even though he already has a wife or partner 〔和已婚或有女友的男人發生性關系的〕那個女人,第三者He left his wife and child and moved in with the other woman. 他離開妻兒,搬去和那個女人住了。
the other woman• She resolved to find out about the other woman.• Her hair was fair, so that I thought for a moment of the other woman I had met recently, Elizabeth Lavenza.• The father never guessed any of the other women in the room.• Lakshmiamma, a lace-maker in Narsapur, gave a talk to the other women recently.• Hilda returned to her seat next to Omite, while the other women seemed to form a circle that excluded her.• She cries a little when one of the other women stops to talk.• I couldn't believe it when the other woman turned out to be my next-door neighbor.• Carrie's only problem was the other woman who worked in the dining rooms.• Eva was more lucid than most of the other women, yet she never got out of the locked ward. → another, each other, → every other at every(5), → on the one hand ... on the other hand at hand1(5)5 GRAMMAR 語法Do not use other after ‘an’. Use another. 不要用an other,要用another
There must be another way of doing it.做此事肯定還有其他的方法。
Do not add ‘s’ to other when using it before a plural noun. other用在複數名詞之前時,不能加s
children from other countries (NOT 不說 others countries)來自其他國家的孩子
n GRAMMAR: ComparisonotherYou use
other before a plural noun:
children from other countries
✗Don’t say:
others countries othersOthers is a plural pronoun meaning ‘other people or things’:
We try to help others.
anotherAnother is written as one word:
There must be another way of doing it.
✗Don’t write:
an other