相信你通过本文的研习，可以轻松秒杀有关other than的一切考题：
other than只有两种基本含义“除……之外；与……不同”。只是在具体语境中可以灵活翻译成其他文字，但是基本含义就这两种。
1.other than作“除……之外”解时，常可同no，not，never，nothing，hardly等连用。当other than后可接代词、名词、副词或不定式（other than前的谓语动词为do（含does, did, done）时，不定式不带to，也可以带to）。
He hasn't anything left other than these books.
除了这些书，他什么也没有剩下。
She has no close friends other than him.
除了他以外她没有好朋友。
Education was intended for white settlers only, and very recently no school lessons were held in languages other than English.
教育只针对白人定居者，直到不久之前，学校所有课程都是用英语讲授的。
Other than this，I know nothing about it.
除了这个，我什么都不知道。（代词）
Other than blowing up a tyre I hadn't done any car maintenance.
除了给轮胎充气外，我没做过任何汽车保养。
I'm not aware of anything after that, other than trying to get an ambulance.
之后我就什么都不知道了，除了试着叫救护车。
Other than John, no one was there.
除了约翰意外，那儿一个人也没有。
She never discussed it with anyone other than Derek.
除了德里克以外，她从没有和任何人讨论过此事。
The old man wanted to see nobody other than his grandson.
除了他的孙子之外，这个老人谁也不想见。
Flights other than the ones listed below are not discounted at this time.
在这段期间，除下列所列的外，其他航班都不打折。
I have not studied any language other than Chinese.
除了汉语以外，我没有学过任何其他语言。
This crop does not well in soils other than the one for which it has been specially developed.
这种作物在专门为其开发的土壤以外的土壤中生长不好。（四级真题）
In no country other than Britain, it has been said, can one experience four seasons in course of a single day. （四级真题）
据说，除了英国以外，没有一个国家让人在一天之内感受四季的变化。
The journey by road to Wolverhampton is not recommended to anyone other than the most experienced cyclist.
除了经验非常丰富的自行车手外，建议其他人不要走去伍尔弗汉普顿的那条路。
Her first customer was none other than Mrs Blair.
她的第一位顾客竟然是布莱尔夫人。
He called together all his employees and announced that the manager was none other than his son.
他把所有的员工召集到一起，宣布经理不是别人，正是他的儿子。
Someone other than your brother should be appointed manager.
应当任命一个除了你兄弟之外的人当经理。
The leggy beauty was none other than our own Naomi Campbell.
这位长腿美女不是别人，正是咱们的娜奥米·坎贝尔。
It was none other than Mr. Wang.
不是旁人而正是王先生。
The new arrival was none other than the President.
刚到的不是别人，正是总统。
Sue never carried anything other than the teeniest purse.
休从来都只带着一只小钱包。
You should have prepared something other than lamb and ratatouille.
除了羊肉和蔬菜杂烩之外，你本应再准备点儿别的。
He could never ever give any responses to his captor other than name, rank, serial number and date of birth.
除姓名、军衔、部队编号和出生年月外，他再也不肯回答俘获他的人的任何问题。
You can’t get there other than by swimming.
除了游过去之外，你没有别的方法到达那里。
You can't get there other than by boat.
除了坐船，你无法去那里。
They were given nothing other than dry bread and water for their evening meal.
除了干面包和水作晚餐外，他们什么也没有得到。
Can you talk about something other than scandal affairs?
除了桃色新闻外，你就不能谈点别的吗？
I volunteer because I love my city and I need to give back something to it other than tax dollars.
我去做志愿者是因为我热爱我的城市，除了交税我还需要偿还它一些其他的东西。
What I regret the most, other than my conduct, is having misled all of them.
除了自己的行径，我后悔的就是误导了他们所有人。《我的生活》
I knew I couldn’t express my feelings to anyone other than Bill or my lawyers.
除了比尔和我的律师之外，我知道我不能向其他人表露我的感受。《亲历历史》
There was no choice other than to walk on against the wind.
除了顶风前行，没有其他的选择。（必须是带to的不定式）
She declined to comment further other than to say that charges had not been brought. （必须是带to的不定式）
除了说检察官还没有提起诉讼外，她拒绝进一步评论。
We missed the last bus so there was no choice other than to walk home.
我们没赶上最后一班公交车，所以只能步行回家了。（必须是带to的不定式）
There's no choice other than to reopen his case.
除了重新审理他的案子之外别无其他选择。（必须是带to的不定式）
I have no ambitions other than to have a happy life and be free.
我没有雄心大志，只求自由自在地过幸福生活。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》（必须是带to的不定式）
He never speaks to me other than to ask for something.
他除了向我要东西，从不跟我说话。（必须是带to的不定式）
There was nothing they could do other than （to）spend the night in the temple.
他们的夜晚，除了呆在寺庙里面之外，什么也不能做。(谓语动词为do（含does, did, done）时，其后不定式省略或不省略to都是可以的，其他情况的不定式都必须带上to)
She could do nothing other than（to） smile.
她只能笑笑。（此时带不带to由你高兴而定）
I can't do anything other than（to） listen to my wife.
除了听老婆的话，我不能干别的。（此时带不带to由你高兴而定）
There was nothing to do other than（to） wait.
除了等待之外，别无选择。（此时带不带to由你高兴而定）
There isn’t anything to do other than （to） see what happens.
除了等着看将发生什么事情之外没有别的办法。（此时带不带to由你高兴而定）
2. 与……不同,不是
She is other than I thought.
她与我想象的不同。
She can't do other than I have done.
他能做的同我已经做的不会不同。
She is quite other than what people described .
她这个人完全不象人们所说的那样。
She bought some books other than novels.
她买了几本书，但都不是小说。
3.最后，要清楚与rather than用法区别：这个词组是“而不是”“宁要……而不要”。后可跟名词、代词或动词。
He needed a teacher rather than a girlfriend.
他需要一个老师，而不是女朋友。
What made you choose this one rather than the other?
你怎么选了这个而不是那个？
It now seems a probability rather than just a possibility.
这件事似乎十拿九稳，而不是仅有可能。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
Our main job is to preserve health rather than treat illness.
我们的主要职责是保健而不是治病。
The report was a device used to hide rather than reveal problems.
这份报告不是揭露问题而是为掩盖问题而耍的花招。
I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee.
我想要冷饮，不要咖啡。
Consumption rather than saving has become the central feature of contemporary societies.
现代社会的主要特征是消费而不是储蓄。
It would be better to transport the goods by rail rather than by road.
用铁路运送这批货物会比用公路好。
The office was large and functional rather than welcoming.
这个办公室大而实用，但不怎么宜人。
Many workers opted to leave their jobs rather than take a pay cut.
许多工人宁肯下岗也不接受减薪。
She thought it best to humour him rather than get into an argument.
她想最好是顺他的意，而不和他争吵。
Older parents seem to be the norm rather than the exception nowadays.
生育较晚的大龄父母在今天似乎成了常事，而不是个例。
Their problems were circumstantial rather than personal.
他们的困难是环境而非个人所致。
The report's focus is on how technology affects human life rather than business
这个报告关注的是技术如何影响人类生活而非商业活动。
These symptoms may be referable to virus infection rather than parasites.
这些症状也许是由病毒感染引起的，而与寄生虫无关。
Her speech was memorable for its polemic rather than its substance.
她的演说之所以令人难忘，不是因其内容而是因其辩论方法。
We're looking for people who have experience rather than paper qualifications.
我们要找有经验的人，而不是有文凭的人。
Europe has got used to following rather than leading the pack.
欧洲已经习惯了跟从，而不是领头儿。