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Hello! This week we answer a question from Umut in Turkey.
大家好！本周，我们回答来自土耳其的乌穆特的一个问题。
I would like to learn the difference between "each other" and "one another." Thanks in advance.
我想知道each other和one another之间的区别。提前谢谢你。
Dear Umut, thank you for writing to us.
亲爱的乌穆特，谢谢你的来信。
The pronoun "each other" means that every member of a group of people or animals does something for or to the other members of the group.
代词each other的意思是，一群人或动物中的每个成员都为该群体中的其他成员做一些事情。
Imagine you see two neighbors passing on the street.
想象一下，你看到两个邻居在街上路过。
As they pass, they wave and say, "Hello!"
当他们经过时，他们挥手说：“你好！”
You could say: Carlos waved at Ishmael. Ishmael waved at Carlos.
你可以说：卡洛斯向伊什梅尔挥手。伊什梅尔向卡洛斯挥手。
But that is not the easy way to talk about what you see.
但这样描述你看到的场景有些麻烦。
Instead, you can say: Carlos and Ishmael waved at each other.
相反，你可以说：卡洛斯和伊什梅尔互相挥手。
Let us take a look at more examples of how we use it.
让我们多看几个如何使用它的例句。
I heard the cats fighting with each other last night.
昨晚我听到几只猫在互相打架。
The teacher asked students to help each other in their groups.
老师要求学生在小组中互相帮助。
In some cases, you can make a possessive pronoun from "each other" by adding an apostrophe and the letter "s."
在某些情况下，你可以通过添加撇号和字母s来构成所有格代词。
The children walked two by two, holding each other's hands.
孩子们两两走着，牵着彼此的手。
At Christmas, the family gets together and opens each other's gifts.
在圣诞节，全家人聚在一起，打开彼此的礼物。
You asked us to compare how we use the expression "one another."
你让我们比较一下如何使用one another这个表达。
I read in one dictionary that some English speakers use "one another" when talking about three or more members of a group, while using "each other" when talking about just two members of a group.
我在一本词典里读到，有些英语使用者在谈到群体中的三个或更多成员时，会用one another，而当只谈到群体中的两个成员时，就会用到each other。
If that is the case, then you would find statements like this:
如果是这样的话，你会发现这样的说法：
The baseball players all shook hands with one another after the game.
棒球运动员们在比赛结束后都相互握手。
Andy and Reyna are always joking with each other.
安迪和雷纳总是互相开玩笑。
But I do not think that many of us follow that rule.
但我不认为许多人遵循这一规则。
Instead, we use "one another" in careful or polite speech or writing and "each other" in more casual speech.
反之，我们在严谨或礼貌的口语和书面语中使用one another，在更随意的口语中使用each other。
And that's Ask a Teacher. I'm Jill Robbins.
以上就是本期《名师答疑》。吉尔·罗宾斯为您播报。
