other than 的用法
A. other than“不同于”“并非”,表示这一意思时，other than组成的短语。
在句中可作表语或定语。
1 )The truth is quite other than what you think.
事实真相和你想的完全不同。
2 )Certainly, my associates and pursuits shall be other than they have been.
当然，现在我所来往的人，我所追求的事物，将和以前不同。
3 ) Here is a IC card other than yours.
这里有一张的IC 卡，不是你的。
(原意为:这里有一张不同于你的IC 卡)
4 ) Reactions other than the desired one often occur when the reactants are brought together.
当这些反应物放在一起时，常发生不希望有的一些反应。
(原意为:当这些反应物
放在一起时，常发生与希望有的反应不同的反应。
)
B. other than用于表示“除……之外”，相当于except。
其用法如下:
other than置于名词之后，表示“除……之外，其他都……”的意思。
此时，
other than 组成的短语在句中作定语，修饰前面的名词。
1 ) The presence of elements other than iron will greatly affect the physical properties of steel.
除铁以外的其它元素的存在将大大影响钢的物理性质。
2 ) Cruises other than the ones listed below are not discounted at this time.
在这段期间，除下列所列的邮轮外，其他邮轮都不打折。
3 )There are similar charges if you want to cash a cheque at a branch other
than your own.
如果你想在开户行以外的网点兑现支票，都要收取类似的费用。
4 )He said there was no reason why companies other than Boeing and Airbus
could not enter the business.
他表示说，除了波音和空客以外其它航空公司都不能进入这一业务领域是没有理
由的。
5 )Under some conditions chemical energy is liberated during a chemical reaction in forms other than heat.
在某些条件下，在化学反应期间，化学能还能以除了热能以外的其它形式释放出来。
other than位于anything、nothing、something、anybody、anyone 等不定代词的后面，此时other than组成的短语在句中作定语，修饰前面的不定代词。
1 )The agreement cannot be signed by anyone other than yourself.
除你本人之外，别人都不能签署这项协议。
2 )The journey by road to Wolverhampton is not recommended to anyone other Than the most experienced cyclist.
除了经验非常丰富的自行车手外，建议其他人不要走去伍尔弗汉普顿的那条道。
3 )None other than yourself can help you to solve the problem.
在这个问题上，除了自己没有人能帮得了你。
4 )The lawyer seldom wears anything other than a suit whatever the season. 无论什么季节，律师除了穿套装外，很少穿其他衣服。
5 )But anything other than a straight in-or-out question may result in
a damaging wrangle.
但除了直截了当的去留问题之外，任何其他问题都可能导致有破坏性的争吵。
6 )Can you talk about something other than scandal affairs?
除了桃色新闻外，你就不能谈点别的吗?
7 )You need no thing other than the ability to communicate with people to handle basic paperwork, and common sense.
你只需要具有与人沟通，处理基本文书工作的能力和常识。
other than组成的短语在句中用作状语，可位于句首或句尾。
此时相当于except for 用法。
1 )Other than that the nearest store was five miles away, it was a perfect location.
除了最近的商店在五英里外，这里的地理位置好极了。
2 )She declined to comment further other than to say that charges had not
been brought.
除了说检察官还没有提起诉讼外，她拒绝进一步评论。
3 )She was numb to all issues other than the one which is concerned about her own interests.
除了与自己利益有关的问题外,她对其他什么问题都漠不关心。
4 )I volunteer because I love my city and I need to give back something to it other than tax dollars.
我去做志愿者是因为我热爱我的城市，除了交税我还需要偿还它一些其他的东西。
other than常用用于否定句，表示“除……之外，无(没有)……”的意思。
1 )Other than one sister, she has no close relatives.
除了有一个姐姐，她没有其他亲戚。
2 )She has never been to a big city other than Chicago.
除芝加哥外她没有去过别的大城市.
3 )Other than Mr. Connelly, none of this group was injured in the accident.
除康纳利先先生外,其它人在这次事故中都未受伤。
4)It is relative insensitivity to other than red and infrared lights.
除了对红光,红外线光外，它对其它光相对来说都是不敏感的。
5 )I hadn't done any car maintenance other than blowing up a tire.
除了给轮胎充气外，我没做过任何汽车保养。
other than后接指示代词that，表示“除此之外”的意思。
that指代前面句中所述内容。
1 ) We’re going away in June but other than that I’ll be here all summer.
六月份我们要离开这里，但除此之外，整个夏天我都会在这里。
2 ) His ribs were damaged, but other than that he's in good nick.
他的肋骨受了损伤，但除此之外一切都还好。
3 ) After I exercised ,my feet felt a little better, but other than that there was no much difference " she said.
“运动完了感觉双脚比较舒服，其他的就没多大差别了”，她这样说到。
4 )I made a few double faults at the end of the second set Other than that,
I feel I played pretty well.
在第二盘快要结束的时候我有几次双发失误，除此之外，比赛我一直打得比较顺利。