"every other person or thing" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 每隔一个人或物

Definition

用于表示在一组中每隔一个人或物，即跳过一个选择下一个。例如，A、B、C、D、E 排成一列，“每隔一个人”指的是A、C、E。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

常用于指令、统计、或分配任务时。有时也说“每第二个人/物”。不要与“每个人”或“所有人”混淆。口语中也用在其他类似表达，如“every other day”（每隔一天），表示隔一个的规律。

Examples

Please ask every other person or thing to move to the left.

请让**每隔一个人或物**向左移动。

Line up every other person or thing for the game.

为游戏排好**每隔一个人或物**。

Select every other person or thing from the list.

从列表中选择**每隔一个人或物**。

At the party, I talked to every other person or thing in the room just to mix things up.

在聚会上，为了换换口味，我和房间里的**每隔一个人或物**交谈。

If you pick every other person or thing, it goes faster than checking everyone.

如果你只选**每隔一个人或物**，比检查所有人快多了。

To keep things fair, they gave a prize to every other person or thing waiting in line.

为了公平，他们给排队的**每隔一个人或物**发了奖品。