VOA名师答疑2023 other和another的区别

（单词翻译）

Hello!

大家好!

This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question from Mahad, a reader of our website, about the difference between “other” and “another.”

本周《名师答疑》，我们回答网站读者马哈德提出的问题：other和another有什么区别？

Hello, I would like to know the difference between “another” and “other.”

你好，我想知道other和another之间的区别。

Mahad

马哈德

Dear Mahad, Thank you for writing to us.

亲爱的马哈德，谢谢你的来信。

Although we have written about the subject for Everyday Grammar, we will take a closer look at the differences between “other” and “another” in this week’s Ask a Teacher.

虽然在《每日语法》节目中已经写过这一问题，但在本周的《名师答疑》中，我们将更仔细地看一看other和another之间的区别。

Let us discuss “other” as a determiner and as an adjective.

让我们来看看一下other作为限定词和形容词的用法。

An adjective describes a noun.

形容词描述名词。

Determiners also give information about nouns, but they describe things like how many or whose.

限定词也提供有关名词的信息，但它们描述的是数量多少或属于谁的信息。

The word “other” can have many meanings such as “not included” or “remaining,” “different” or “distinct,” “additional,” and “different kinds of.”

other一词可以有许多含义，如“不包括”或“剩余的”“不同的”或“不一样的”“附加的”以及“不同种类的”。

And we use “other” with plural¹ nouns and nouns that cannot be counted (noncount nouns).

other与复数名词和不可数名词连用。

“Other” is also used to describe nouns in a general way.

other也用来概括地描述名词。

There are other sports to watch on TV if football isn’t on.

如果足球比赛没有播，电视上还有其他体育节目可看。

In this example, “other” means “different kinds of.”

在这个例句中，other指的是“不同种类的”。

So, instead of watching football, we can watch a different sport.

除了看足球，我们可以观看不同的运动。

Is there other wood for the fire? This wood is damp.

有没有其他的木头能生火？这块木头很潮湿。

The word “wood,” in this example, is a noncount noun.

在这个例句中，单词wood是一个不可数名词。

Here “other” means “different” wood, such as dry wood.

在这里，other指的是“不同的”木头，比如干燥的木头。

If we use “other” before some kinds of nouns, we must use another determiner before it, like “the.”

如果在某些名词之前使用other，必须在它之前使用一个限定词，如the。

The word “the” makes the sentence more specific.

the这个词使句子更加具体。

“The other” can be used with plural countable² nouns, too.

The other也可与复数可数名词连用。

My dog played with the other dog at the park. (The remaining dog)

我的狗在公园里和另一只狗玩耍。（剩下的另一只狗）

My dog played with the other dogs at the park (The other remaining dogs)

我的狗和公园里的其他几只狗一起玩耍。（剩下的其他几只狗）

In these sentences, “other” is used as an adjective because “the” is used as the determiner.

在这些句子中，other用作形容词，因为the用作限定词。

“Another” is a combination of “an” + “other.”

another是an+other的组合。

“Another” is a determiner.

another是限定词。

It is only used with singular nouns.

它只与单数名词连用。

It does not refer to anything or anyone specific.

不是特指某事或某人。

It can mean “one more,” “an additional one of the same kind,” or “different from the first.”

它的意思可以是“另一个”“同一类的额外一个”，或者“与第一个不同”。

Let’s look at some examples: My dog played with another dog of her breed at the park.

让我们来看一些例子：在公园里，我的狗和与她品种一样的另一只狗在玩耍。

In this example, “another” means “an additional one of the same kind.”

在本例中，another的意思是“同一类的额外一个”。

The sport of soccer has another name in many other countries. They call it football.

足球(soccer)运动在许多其他国家都有别的名字。人们把它叫做足球(football)。

In this sentence, “another” means “one more.” (An additional or one more name for soccer)

在这句话中，another的意思是“另一个”。(足球额外的或另一个名称)

Is there another kind of music that you play besides classical?

除了古典音乐，你还会演奏别的类型的音乐吗？

And here, “another” means “different from the first.” (A different kind of music than classical music)

而在这里，another的意思是“与第一个不同”。(与古典音乐不同的一种音乐)

The biggest difference between these two words is that “another” is always singular and does not describe anything specific.

这两个词之间最大的区别是another总是单数形式，而且不描述任何具体的东西。

“Other” is used for plural and noncount nouns that are general.

other与复数名词和不可数名词连用，而且是泛指。

We only use “the other” to refer to specific nouns.

我们只用the other来指代特定的名词。

And that’s Ask a Teacher.

以上就是《名师答疑》。

I’m Faith Pirlo.

我是费思·皮尔洛。