(1) 表示另外再有的一个复数数量,可以在其前面加一个another,此时another没有单数意义。
another 100 people。
(2) 有人主张前后两个数量应该相等方可在说到后一数量时用another,例如:他们反对说Eighteen persons were summoned as witnesses, and another six were interrogated. 十八个人被传唤作证,另有六个人被询问。但是这种反对意见似乎不能成立,因为这个例句中的another如果去掉,可能有歧义,令人以为六个人是十八个人当中的。
(3) another放在单数的可数名词之前,可以表示除了原有的一个或多个之外,再加上又一个。原有的仍然保留,不是换成另外一个。
Could I have another piece of bread? 我可以再吃一片面包吗?
It's generally not a good idea to pick a New Yorker at random, go through his things and slow his rush to the subway. Nobody needs another irritation on a hot, crowded, smelly commute. 通常,随便挑选出一个纽约人,查看他的东西,耽搁他奔向地铁的路程,这不是个好主意。天气这么热,人这么挤,气味这么大,谁上下班都不需要额外增添一件恼火的事。如果名词是不可数的,或者可数但复数(不说明具体数目),就不能用another,而要用more。
Would you like some more meat? 您是不是再来点肉?
Would you like some more peas? 您是不是再来点豆子?不过,在复数可数名词前,如果有few或是数词,仍可以使用another。
I'm staying for another few weeks. 我再多留几个星期。
We need another three chairs. 我们还需要增添三把椅子。
(4) another放在单数的可数名词之前,也可以表示不要原有的一个或多个,换成另外一个。
I think we should paint it another colour. 我觉得咱们应该把它漆成别的一个颜色。在这个意义上,another的定指形式是the other。
I don't like this room. I'd prefer another one. 我不喜欢这个房间。我倒不如要另外一间。如果“另外一间”是定指的,就是I'd prefer the other one.
(5) 有时another可以表示“普普通通”、“同大家没什么分别”的意思(前面往往加上just)。
Where they had seen but an unsuccessful artist, like another... (Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, Chapter I) 他们当初看作是个失败的画家,一个同无数落魄艺术家没有什么不同的画家...
Six years ago he'd been just another comedian looking to score a gig, a few bucks, anything going. 六年前,他只是一个普普通通的喜剧演员,到处找活儿干,挣几块钱,干什么都行。
In contrast to the way she had been before her husband's death—handsome, stylish, athletic—she was now just another elderly woman. 她一反丈夫去世之前的那副时髦漂亮、风度优雅、矫健结实的仪表,现在成了一个普普通通的老太婆。
Do you treat your own father as just another sick old man? 你难道把自己亲生父亲也当作普普通通一个病老头那样对待吗?
(6) another后面如果出现名词,这个名词只能是单数的。但是如果复数名词前面有明确的数目,就可以放在another后面。
another fifty miles再有五十英里。如果是a hundred, a thousand, a million,这个a要去掉,也可以用one来代替。
another thousand years或another one thousand years再过一千年。