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used to refer to people or things that are additional or different to people or things that have been mentioned or are known about 另外；其他 Mr Harris and Mrs Bate and three other teachers were there. 哈里斯老师、贝特老师和其他三位老师在场。 Are there any other questions? 还有其他问题没有？ There seem to be no other survivors. 似乎没有其他幸存者。 I can't see you now—some other time, maybe. 我现在不能见你，也许别的时候吧。 Two buildings were destroyed and many others damaged in the blast. 在这次爆炸中，两座建筑物被摧毁，还有许多建筑物遭损坏。 This option is preferable to any other. 这个选择比其他任何一个都好。 Some designs are better than others. 有一些设计比其他的好。 He was the only other person in the apartment. 他是公寓里唯一的另一个人。 There was a university party and various other things going on. 有一个大学聚会和各种其他事情正在进行。 Dublin is very expensive compared to other major cities in Europe. 与欧洲其他主要城市相比，都柏林非常昂贵。
- the, my, your, etc. other
used to refer to the second of two people or things （指两个人或事物中的第二个）那个，另一个 My other sister is a doctor. 我的另一个妹妹是医生。 One son went to live in Australia and the other one was killed in a car crash. 一个儿子移居澳大利亚，另一个在撞车事故中身亡。 He raised one arm and then the other. 他先举起一只胳膊，然后举起另一只。 You must ask one or other of your parents. 你必须问你的父亲或母亲。
- the, my, your, etc. other
used to refer to the people or things that remain in a group （指一组中其余的人或事物）其余的，另外的 - the other…
used to refer to a place, direction, etc. that is the opposite to where you are, are going, etc. （指与说话人所在位置等相反的方向或地点）另一边，对面，相反的方向
Word OriginOld English ōther, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German ander, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘different’.
Idioms Most idioms containing other are at the entries for the nouns and verbs in the idioms, for example in other words is at word.
the other day/morning/evening/week
other than 通常用于否定句