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<p>有这样一句话“<span word="Every">Every</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="proposal">proposal</span>.”，读到这句话我们都知道“<span word="every">every</span> <span word="other">other</span>”起着十分重要的作用，这句话的意思到底是同意还是不同意?如果同意，有多少人同意?</p><p>我们都知道“<span word="every">every</span> <span word="other">other</span>”表示“隔一个”，“<span word="every">every</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="line">line</span>”和“<span word="every">every</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="day">day</span>”分别是“隔行”与“隔天”的意思。如果依照这个意思，那原句就翻译为“同学中每隔一个人同意我的建议。”意思指有一半人同意我的建议，但这句话要表达的并非这个意思。</p><p>“<span word="Every">Every</span> <span word="other">other</span>”除了上面的意思之外，还有“其余的”意思，例如“<span word="Every">Every</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="received">received</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="gift">gift</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="me">me</span>.”(除了我以外，班上所有其他女孩都收到了礼物。)“<span word="Jerry">Jerry</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="boy">boy</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="time">time</span>.”(杰瑞迟到了，但其他男孩都来得很及时。)因此，开头的原句应该翻译为“其余的同学都同意我建议。”</p><p>在英语中，分别指两个事物，我们用“<span word="one">one</span>， <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span>”，“<span word="every">every</span> <span word="other">other</span>”则指“两个中的一个”，即“隔一个”，所以“<span word="every">every</span> <span word="three">three</span>/<span word="four">four</span>”是“每三/四个”的意思。例如“<span word="The">The</span> <span word="postman">postman</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="days">days</span>.”(邮递员要每四天才来一次。)然而，“<span word="every">every</span>”还有“所有的”意思，有时也起到限定词的强调作用，例如“<span word="He">He</span> <span word="knows">knows</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="school">school</span>.”(他认识学校里的所有人。)“<span word="every">every</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="then">then</span>”中的“<span word="every">every</span>”也是一种强调。</p>
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