不定代詞:代替或修飾不特指的人或事物的代詞叫不定代詞。
(5)either和neither的用法:
either意思是“兩個中間的任何一個”;neither是either的否定形式,意思是“兩個都不”。
neither和either在句子中可作主語、賓語和定語等,都用作單數(shù)。
如:I don’t care much for what to drink. Either of the two will do. (我不介意喝些什么,兩個之中隨便哪個都行)
--Will you go there by bus or by car? –Neither. I will go there by train.(你坐公車去還是坐轎車去?一個都不坐,我坐火車去。)
(6)other、the other和another的用法:
other意思是“另一”、“另一些”,有復(fù)數(shù)形式。在句子中可作主語、賓語和定語。another意思是“另外”、“又一個”,表示增加,在句中可作賓語和定語。
如:Some girls are singing under the big apple tree and others are sitting on the grass talking.(有些女孩在大蘋果樹下唱歌,別的就躺在草地上說話)
You have had several cakes. Do you really want another one?(你已經(jīng)吃了好幾塊餅子了,你真的還要一塊?)
I want another four books.(我還要四本書)
another(另外的,再一,又一)與the other(另外的一個) 主要從數(shù)量上區(qū)分,只有兩個時用the other,在原先基礎(chǔ)上增加用another。
如:This is one of your socks. Where is the other one?(這是你的一只襪子,還有一只呢?)
I have eaten 4 cakes, but I still want another.(我已經(jīng)吃了4塊蛋糕,但是我還要以塊。)
others與the others的主要區(qū)別:
others指“剩余的人/物”(指大部分);the others指“其余的人/物”,(指全部)。
如:
A few students are playing soccer while others are watching them.(有幾個學(xué)生在踢足球,其他一些人在觀看)
Two of the ten boys are standing and the others are sitting round them.(十個男孩中有兩個站著,其他人都圍著他們坐著。)
(7)many和much的用法:
many意思是“很多”,與可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)連用;much意思是“很多”,與不可數(shù)名詞連用。它們在句中可作主語、賓語和定語等。
如:I don’t have many friends here.(在這里我沒有很多的朋友。)
Many died in the bus accident.(許多人在公交車禍中喪失)
We can learn much with the help of him.(在他的幫助之下我們能學(xué)到很多)
many和much一般用于否定句,肯定句中通常用a lot of 或者lots of; many / much用于肯定句時可以在前面加上so、very或too.
如:There are a lot of people on the playground.(操場上有許多的人)
They haven’t got much work to do.(他們沒有多少事情可做)
There are too many people in the room.(房間里人太多了。)
(8)few、little、a few、a little的用法:
few、little意思是“很少幾個”、“幾乎沒有”,有否定的意思,
a few、a little意思是“有幾個”、“有些”,有肯定的意思 ;
few、a few與可數(shù)名詞連用或代替可數(shù)的事物,
little、a little與不可數(shù)名詞連用或代替不可數(shù)的事物。它們在句中可作主語、賓語和定語。
如:He is very poor and he has little money.(他很窮,幾乎沒有什么錢。)
Don’t worry. There is still a little time left.(別著急,還有一點(diǎn)兒時間呢。)
In that polar region there live few people.(在那個極地地區(qū)幾乎不住人)
You can get a few sweets from him.(你可以從他那兒弄到一些糖果)
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