another
another
an∙oth∙er / əˈnʌðə ; əˈnʌðə /
◙determiner, pron
1. ADDITIONAL 附加的, one more person or thing of the same type
• 〔同类的〕另一，又一:
»I'm going to have another cup of coffee.
我要再喝一杯咖啡。
»There'll be another bus along in a few minutes.
下一辆公共汽车几分钟后就来。
»Buy two CDs and get another completely free.
购买两张激光唱片即可免费获赠一张。
▪ [+of]
»Is this another of your schemes to make money?
这是你的又一个赚钱计划吗？
»Not anotherword was spoken.
没有再说一个字。
»Oh look, there'sanother oneof those birds.
瞧，那样的鸟还有一只。
»This misunderstanding isyet anotherexample of bad communication (=there have already been several) .
这种误会是沟通不畅的又一个例子。
»another two / 10 / 100 etc ( = an additional amount or number )
还有 2 / 10 / 100 等
»We'll have to wait another three weeks for the results.
我们还得再等三周才能知道结果。
»There's still another ￡100 to pay.
还需支付 100 英镑。
2. A DIFFERENT ONE 不同的一个, not the same thing, person etc, but a different one
• 〔不同类的〕另外一个; 其他一个:
»They must have returned by another route.
他们肯定是从另一条路线回来的。
»We finally moved to another apartment.
我们最后搬到另一间公寓去了。
»I'm busy right now. Could you come back another time?
我现在很忙，你换个时间再来好吗？
»Helen resigned from her last job and has yet to find another.
海伦辞去了上一份工作，还没有找到其他工作。
▪ [+of]
»The gold watch was a present from another of his girlfriends.
那块金表是他的另一个女朋友送的。
»from one … to another
»She spends the day rushing from one meeting to another.
她成天在会场之间奔波。
3. one another, used to say that two or more people or things do the same thing to each other or share a relationship
• 互相:
»They seem to love one another very much.
他们似乎彼此爱得很深。
»The streets are all at right angles to one another.
那些街道互相垂直交叉。
4. one … or another, used to say that there are many different types of something, or many possibilities, rather than being specific
• 各种各样的:
»All the kids in this class have learning difficulties of one sort or another.
这个班上的孩子在学习中都有这样或那样的困难。
»people who, for one reason or another, can't have children
因这样或那样的原因不能生孩子的人
5. one after another, used to talk about a series of similar things or events
• 一个接一个:
»Small businesses have been collapsing one after another.
小型企业纷纷倒闭。
6. not another … !, [spoken] used when a series of bad or annoying things have happened and something of the same type seems to have just happened again
• 不要再…！〔用于一连串不好的或讨厌的事发生后同样的事又要发生〕:
»Oh no! Not another accident!
哦，不！别再出事故！
7. be another thing / matter, used to suggest that something may not be true, possible, easy etc, after mentioning something that is
• 是另一回事:
»It is true that his programme is original, though whether it is funny is quite another matter.
不错，他的节目是别具一格，但好不好笑则是另一回事。
»It is one thing to talk about 'involving the students'; it is quite another thing to actually do this.
谈论“让学生参与”是一回事，真正做起来又是另一回事。
8. and another thing, [spoken] used to introduce something additional that you want to say to someone about a different subject
• 还有一件事〔用于引出不同的话题〕:
»And another thing. You were late for work again this morning.
还有一件事，你今天早上上班又迟到了。
9. SIMILAR PERSON / THING 类似的人/物, used with the name of a well-known person, thing, event etc to mean someone or something else that is similar because they have the same good or bad qualities
• 另一个:
»warnings that not enough has been done to prevent another Chernobyl
对未采取足够措施防止切尔诺贝利事件再次上演的警告
»There'll never be another Elvis Presley.
不会再有一个埃尔维斯∙普雷斯利了。
