形容詞:不同的、有差別的、另類的
常見搭配詞:
- be different from (英、美都可以,普遍使用)
- be different to (英式英文口說)
- be different than (美式英文口說)
- no different / little / not much different沒有什麼不同
- completely / entirely different
完全不同 - significantly / radically / markedly different
明顯不同、差別很大 - subtly / slightly different
些微地不同
例句:
- Things were different then.
那時,一切都跟現在不一樣 - Though they are twins, they look completely different from each other.
雖然他們是雙胞胎,他們長得完全不像 - I decide to try a significantly different approach.
我決定用一個不同的方法試試看(差別很大的方法) - There are many different kinds of animals.
有各種不同的動物(各式各樣) - The same color appears subtly different on different backgrounds.
相同的顏色在不同的背景下,顯得有些微不同 - You can do it in a slightly different way.
你可以用有點不同的方法去做這件事(通常表達說話者不贊同主詞現在的做法) - She is no different from other girls.
他跟別的女孩沒什麼不同(相當強烈的口吻) - I am moving to a different city. (= another city)
我要搬到另一個城市去了 - My tax refund wasn’t much different than last year’s.
我今年的退稅跟去年差不多
習語:
know different
知道相反的情況(有證據支撐的,非猜測)
- She says she has no money, but I know different.
她說她沒有錢,但我知道事實不是這樣的
同義詞:
- distinct 明顯不同的、差別明顯的 adj. =significantly different
- opposite 全然不同的 adj. = totally different
- varied 形形色色的、各種各樣的 adj. (後面能接單數或複數名詞)
- various 各種不同的 adj. (強調不同種類,後面只能接複數名詞)
- assorted 各種各樣的、混雜的adj.
- another 另一個 adj.
衍生字:
- differ 與…不同、有區別、意見不一致 vi.
- diff 區別、不同 n. difference的簡短說法
- difference 區別、不同 、分歧、爭議n.
- differently 不同地、有差別地 adv.
- differential 差額、差距 n. 有所區別的 adj.
- differentially 有區別地 adv.
- differentiate 區別、分清 vi. 使產生差異 vt.
- differentiated 差別明顯的 adj.
- differentiation 差異化、區分、辨別 n.