相互代词是表示相互关系的代词,主要有each other,one another,意为“互相、相互”,作宾语、定语。each other 主要用于两者之间,one another主要用于三者或三者以上。在现代英语中each other也可指三者或三者以上。
We often help each other when in trouble.遇到麻烦时我们常常相互帮助。(作动词宾语)
Jeffery and I often write E-mails to each other.我和杰弗里经常发电子邮件。(作介词宾语)
each other 和one another 的所有格形式为:each other's和one another's。
We received one another's postcards before Christmas.圣诞节前我们各自收到了对方的卡片。(作定语)
We said hello to one another's/each other's family.我们相互间向家人问好。
要点拓展
each other's与one another's和其后的名词构成的词组不能作主语。
One another's postcards have been received.(×)
We have received one another's postcards.(√)
我们已收到了对方寄来的贺卡。