(1) another可作形容词,也可作代词。作形容词时,常接单数名词。
- I don't like this one, show me another , please.
我不喜欢这一个,请再给我看一个。 - You'll never see such another (one just like).
这样的人再也看不到了。 - We'll go to the park another time/another day.
我们改时间/日再去公园。
(2) 但another 后可接few或一个数字再接复数名词。
- I've got another three days' holiday.
我又得到三天的假期。 - There's room for another few people in the back of the bus.
公共汽车后部还可容纳几个人。
(3) 不定数目中的“另一个”用another;“两个中的另一个”用the other;“三个”用one, another/a second, the third/the other;“四个”用one, another, a third, the fourth/the other。
- One of my sisters is named Lily, and the other named Mary.
我的姐妹一个叫莉莉,另一个叫玛丽。 - By the treaty each country pledged itself to assist the other in case of war.
根据该条约,在发生战争时,一个国家应保证援助另一个国家。 - It is hard to tell the twins one from the other.
很难把这对双胞胎区分开来。 - Problems arose one after another . (也可用the other )
问题一个接一个地出现。