different

英 [ˈdɪfrənt]

美 [ˈdɪfrənt]

adj.  不同的; 有区别的; 有差异的; 分别的; 各别的; 各种的; 不平常; 与众不同; 别致

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.177 / COCA.237

同义词辨析

differentdiversevarious【导航词义：不同的】

习惯用语

adj.

a different kettle of fish
• 另一码事；截然不同的人
  a completely different situation or person from the one previously mentioned
put a new/different complexion on sth
• 使形势改观
  to change the way that a situation appears
know different/otherwise
• 所知道的不是那么回事；所掌握的情况大不一样（或大相径庭）
  to have information or evidence that the opposite is true
• He says he doesn't care about what the critics write, but I know different.
  他说他并不在乎批评家的评论，可我知道不是那么回事。
be another/a different matter
• 另外一回事；又是一回事；另当别论
  to be very different
• I know which area they live in, but whether I can find their house is a different matter.
  我知道他们住在哪一地区，但能不能找到他们的住宅则是另外一回事了。
pull in different/opposite directions
• 目标迥异；各行其是
  to have different aims that cannot be achieved together without causing problems
sing a different tune
• 改变观点（或态度）；改弦易辙
  to change your opinion about sb/sth or your attitude towards sb/sth
tell a different story/tale
• 说的情况迥然不同；讲出来的是另一回事
  to give some information that is different from what you expect or have been told

牛津词典

adj.

• 不同的；有区别的；有差异的
  not the same as sb/sth; not like sb/sth else
  1. American English is significantly different from British English.
     美国英语与英国英语有很大差异。
  2. It's very different to what I'm used to.
     这与我所习惯的大不相同。
  3. He saw he was no different than anybody else.
     他认为他与其他人没什么两样。
  4. It's different now than it was a year ago.
     现在同一年前不一样了。
  5. People often give very different accounts of the same event.
     人们常常对同一件事的叙述大为不同。
  6. My son's terribly untidy; my daughter's no different .
     我儿子邋遢极了，女儿也不比他强。
• 分别的；各别的；各种的
  separate and individual
  1. She offered us five different kinds of cake.
     她给我们提供了五种不同的蛋糕。
  2. The programme was about customs in different parts of the country.
     这个节目介绍全国各地的风俗习惯。
  3. They are sold in many different colours.
     这些有多种颜色供选购。
  4. I looked it up in three different dictionaries.
     我分别在三本词典里查找过。
• 不平常；与众不同；别致
  unusual; not like other people or things
  1. ‘Did you enjoy the play?’ ‘Well, it was certainly different!’
     “你喜欢这出戏吗？”“哦，的确不同凡响！”

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 有差别的;不同的
  If two people or things aredifferent, they are not like each other in one or more ways.
  1. London was different from most European capitals...
     伦敦同大多数欧洲国家的首都都有所不同。
  2. If he'd attended music school, how might things have been different?...
     如果他上过音乐学校，事情会有怎样的不同呢？
  3. We have totally different views.
     我们的观点截然不同。
  4. In British English, people sometimes say that one thing isdifferent toanother. Some people consider this use to be incorrect.
     
  5. My approach is totally different to his.
     我的方法和他的完全不同。
  6. People sometimes say that one thing isdifferent thananother. This use is often considered incorrect in British English, but it is acceptable in American English.
     
  7. We're not really any different than they are.
     我们跟他们其实并没有什么不同。
  8. ...a style of advertising that's different than the rest of the country.
     与该国其他地区的广告很不相同的广告风格
• ADJ 分别的;个别的;各种的
  You usedifferentto indicate that you are talking about two or more separate and distinct things of the same kind.
  1. Different countries specialised in different products...
     不同国家专门生产不同的产品。
  2. The number of calories in different brands of drinks varies enormously.
     不同牌子的饮料所含的卡路里数大不相同。
• ADJ-GRADED 不同寻常的;与众不同的
  You can describe something asdifferentwhen it is unusual and not like others of the same kind.
  1. This recipe is certainly interesting and different.
     这种烹饪法的确很有意思而且与众不同。

In British English, people sometimes say that one thing isdifferent toanother.You're different to what I imagined.Some people consider this use to be incorrect, and insist that you should saydifferent from.We humans are different from all other species.In American English, you can say that one thing isdifferent thananother. This use is often considered incorrect in British English, but it is sometimes the simplest possibility when the comparison involves a clause.I am no different than I was 50 years ago.
在英国英语中，有时会用 different to 来表示某物不同于另一物：You're different to what I imagined (你跟我想象的不同)。一些人认为该用法不正确，坚称应用 different from：We humans are different from all other species (我们人类不同于所有其他物种)。在美国英语中，可用 different than 来表示某物不同于另一物。该用法在英国英语中常被视为不正确，但当比较中涉及一个分句时，它有时是最简单可行的表达方式： I am no different than I was 50 years ago (我和 50 年前没有什么不同)。

英英释义

adj

• differing from all others
  1. advertising that strives continually to be different
  2. this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it
• marked by dissimilarity
  1. for twins they are very unlike
  2. people are profoundly different
  Synonym:unlikedissimilar
• unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
  1. took different approaches to the problem
  2. came to a different conclusion
  3. different parts of the country
  4. on different sides of the issue
  5. this meeting was different from the earlier one
• distinctly separate from the first
  1. that's another (or different) issue altogether
• distinct or separate
  1. each interviewed different members of the community

双语例句

• But many leaders have invested their ill-gotten gains in several different countries.
  但很多领导者已把他们的非法所得投资到了几个不同的国家。
• They found their computers producing different results from exactly the same calculation.
  他们发现他们的计算机进行完全相同的计算会得出不同的结果。
• They compared how these organisms behaved when left in contact with different materials
  他们比较了与不同材料接触时这些生物体的反应。
• We sampled a selection of different bottled waters.
  我们品尝了一系列不同品牌的瓶装水。
• Like most of my contemporaries, I grew up in a vastly different world.
  和大多数同辈人一样，我生长在一个截然不同的世界。
• There are 32 different kinds of chocolate on sale along with the bread and cakes.
  有32种不同的巧克力与面包和蛋糕一起出售。
• Different countries specialised in different products
  不同国家专门生产不同的产品。
• We have a different background, a different history. Accordingly, we have the right to different futures
  我们有不同的背景和不同的历史。因此，我们有权拥有不同的未来。
• We will be exploring different approaches to gathering information.
  我们将探索收集信息的不同方法。
• We were quite different in outlook, Philip and I.
  我和菲利普的世界观截然不同。