adj.不同的；差異的；分別的；各不相同的
He's a different man from what he was 10 years ago. 他和十年前不一樣。
You can't imagine how different it is from the John Grier Home. 你很難想象這里與約翰·格利爾孤兒院有多大的區(qū)別。
I called on three different occasions, but he was out. 我打了三次電話
My husband has several shirts of different colors. 我丈夫有好幾件顏色不同的襯衫。
different強(qiáng)調(diào)事物存在本質(zhì)上的差別,有時(shí)有對比意義,可以修飾單數(shù)和復(fù)數(shù)名詞。
different常接介詞from、to或than,在英語中常用different to,在美語中有時(shí)用different than,而different from英美都用。在口語中, different from有時(shí)可接從句。
different在肯定句中可用very修飾,在否定句中則用much修飾。表示否定時(shí)用no修飾different比用not否定的語氣強(qiáng),后者只指“相同”,而前者則強(qiáng)調(diào)“一模一樣”“毫無差別”。
different在句中可用作定語或表語,無比較級和最高級。
different還可用作不愿違心稱贊時(shí)用的搪塞語。例如:“What do you think of it?”“Well, it's different.”“你覺得這個(gè)東西怎么樣?”“這個(gè)嘛,還是挺有特色的。”
adj.漠不關(guān)心的；無關(guān)緊要的；平凡的；中立的
adv.不在乎地；冷淡地；淡然地
adv.不同地
n.區(qū)別；分化；變異；[數(shù)]微分
