例句:我看見兩件毛衣。ㄧ件紅的,ㄧ件藍的。
I saw two sweaters. One is red, and the other is blue.從兩件毛衣中任意挑一件,可用 one (隨便一個),挑走ㄧ件後,只剩下一件,別無選擇,所以得用定冠詞 the 再加單數的 other,the other 意指「最後一個」。
例句:我看見三件毛衣。ㄧ件紅的,ㄧ件藍的,ㄧ件白的。
I saw three sweaters. One is red, another is blue, and the othe r is white.從三件毛衣中任意挑一件,可用 one (隨便一個)。挑走ㄧ件後,剩下兩件,可從中再挑ㄧ件,所以用 another (再來一個)。三件挑走兩件後,只剩「最後一件」,所以用 the other。
例句:我看見四件毛衣。ㄧ件紅的,ㄧ件藍的,ㄧ件白的,ㄧ件綠的。
I saw four sweaters. One is red, another is blue, another is white, and the other is green.從四件毛衣中任意挑一件,可用one (隨便一個)。挑走ㄧ件後,剩下三件,可從中再挑ㄧ件,所以用 another (再來一個)。挑走兩件後,剩下兩件,可從中再挑ㄧ件,所以再用 another (再來一個)。四件挑走三件後,只剩「最後一件」,所以用 the other。
例句:我看見四件毛衣。ㄧ件紅的,三件藍的。
I saw four sweaters. One is red and the others are blue.從四件毛衣中任意挑一件,可用 one (隨便一個)。挑走ㄧ件後,僅剩那「三件」都是藍的,所以用 the others (最後那些)。
例句:我看見八件毛衣。三件紅,五件藍。也就是說,ㄧ些紅的,ㄧ些藍的。
I saw eight sweaters. Three are red, and five are blue. Some are red, and others are blue.三件毛衣是八件毛衣中的「一些」,可用 some (一些),搭配複數動詞;接著剩下五件全選,故用複數 others,搭配複數動詞。
I saw eight sweaters. Three are red, and five are blue. Some of them are red, and the others are blue.
若前方用 “some of …”結構來寫,則後方需在 others 前加定冠詞 the,即 “ the others”。
不定代名詞:one、ones