英语词汇“different”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	different
释义	dif·fer·ent I. \ˈdifərnt, -f(ə)rənt, -R sometimes -fənt\ adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Latin different-, differens, present participle of differre to carry apart, be different, from dif- (from dis-) + ferre to carry — more at bear 1. : partly or totally unlike in nature, form, or quality < two men could hardly be more different > : having at least one property not possessed by another (of a specified pair or larger group) < no thing is different from itself > — used with from < small, neat hand, very different from the captain's tottery characters — R.L.Stevenson > or with than < different than any other piece we've done lately — Harper's > < vastly different in size than it was twenty-five years ago — N.M.Pusey > or chiefly British with to < a very different situation to the … one under which we live — Sir Winston Churchill > 2. : not the same : distinct or separate (from another or from others in a group) < studying the behavior of males in different age groups > : various, several < different members of your group could then tell … stories about these heroes — L.J.Davidson > : another < not liking the first book, he tried a different one > 3. : being out of the ordinary : unusual, special < advertising that strives continually to be different > Synonyms: different, diverse, divergent, disparate, and various agree when they modify plural nouns and mean unlike in kind or character. different sometimes implies little more than separateness and sometimes implies contrast < many different kinds of food > < different points of view > diverse implies marked difference and decided contrast < diverse tendencies among the arts have given rise to opposed theories — John Dewey > < the important problems which arise when two different groups having diverse languages and cultures meet — T.A.Sebeok > < a curious fusion of diverse elements — Carl Van Vechten > divergent, often used in the sense of markedly different, implies a movement away from sameness or similarity, usually implying impossibility of again coming together as for close association, agreement, or reconciliation < he recognized that labor and capital have divergent interests — M.R.Cohen > < a great part of the quarrel between science and religion arises from divergent opinions not about the world as it is, but about what it will be — W.R.Inge > < either the concepts of the great Powers coincide and they are in agreement, or their concepts are divergent and they therefore cannot agree among themselves as to … action — M.S.Fairchild > disparate usually implies an unequivocal difference, usually as between in congruous or incompatible things < a nation believing in free speech can't federate with a nation believing in kept speech, and nobody should even consider raising a federal roof over two such disparate ideas — New Yorker > < the disparate elements of the medieval personality were as yet unblended — H.O.Taylor > various commonly lays stress on the number of kinds or the variety within one whole < various people dropped in for tea > < a personality that is various and interesting > II. adverb : differently < they do things different here >
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