①the other :指两者中一个。
一般指one 另外一个就是the other ……others 指许多中一部分是some 剩下的一些就是others。
②“the others”表示特指某范围内的“其他的人或物”。
We got home by 4 o'clock, but the others didn't get back until 8 o'clock.
In our class only Tom is English, the others are Chinese.
③the other指两个人或物中的一个时，只能用the other，不能用another，此时的other作代词。
如： He has two daughters. One is a nurse, the other is a worker. 他有两个女儿，一个是护士，另一个是工人。
扩展资料：
another 别的,另一个,泛指众多中一个．一般后面接单数名词,前面不能加定冠词
例1：I don't like this one.Show me another.我不喜欢这个,给我看看另一个好吗?(another 作宾语)
例2：This book is too difficult forme.Will you please give me another one(=another book)?
这本书对我而言太难了,可以给我另一本呢?（作定语）
the other意为the second of the two，指两者中的另一个，系特指，常与one连用。
There are two kinds music in the world -- one is written down and the other is not.
世界上有两种音乐，一种是用笔记录下来的，而另一种则不是。
The guard looked inside one boot, then the other.
卫兵朝一只靴子里边瞧了瞧，然后又看另一只。
the others意为all of the rest，指三个以上的人或物中除去以知部分以后“余下部分中的全部”，系特指。
Ten of us are from Chongqing, and the others are from Chengdu.
我们中间有10人来自重庆，其余的（都）来自成都。（注：要么来自重庆，要么来自成都。）
Three of you go there, and the others stay here.
你们之中有三个到那边去，其余的全待在这儿。
the other 指两个中的“另一个”如：
He has two sons, one is in Shanghai, the other is in Beijing.
the others 特指某一范围内的“其余全部的人或物”如：
There are thirty books on the bookshelf. Five are mine, the others are my father’s.
实用英语干货：the other与the others的区别，简单易懂