"Other"和"else"在英语中都可以表示"其他的"或"其余的",但它们的用法有所不同。以下是两者的用法:
"Other"的用法。"Other"可以作为形容词,通常放在不定代词前,如"any other"或"some other";"other"也可以作为代词,用于指代前面提到过的其他事物或人,例如,"I had nothing else to do"中的"else"指没有其他的事情要做。
"else"的用法。"else"通常用作副词,与疑问词如"what"、"where"等连用,表示另外或其它的意思,如"What else do you want?";"else"还可以与所有格形式连用,例如,"someone else's",意为"某人的",但这种用法较少见;在与"who"连用时,"else"通常不放在"which"之后。
总结来说,"other"和"else"虽然在某些情况下含义相近,但它们的词性、用法以及位置关系有所不同。
1. She is more clever than the other girls in her class.
她比班上其他任何女孩子都聪明。
2. The other students in my class are from Italy.
我班其余同学都是意大利人。
3. I saw him in town the other day.
我最近有一天在伦敦见过他。
4. In one ear, out the other ear.
一耳进,一耳出!
5. Do you have any other baggage?
你还有其他行李吗?
I'd be hopeless at working for somebody else.(我无法胜任为别人工作。)
I have no place else to go.(我没有其他地方可去。)
He doesn't bloody care about anybody else.(他根本不关心别人。)
So what if nobody else agrees with me?(就算没有一个人赞成我的意见,那又怎么样?)
Why didn't you come? Everybody else was there.(你为什么没来呢?其他所有的人都来了。)
We'll have to eat here— everywhere else is full.(我们只好在这儿吃饭了—其他地方都客满。)