different的用法:
1、表示“與……不同”,其后一般接介詞 from, 有時(shí)也用 to(英)或 than(美),但均不及用 from 普遍。如:
City life is very different from [to, than] country life. 城市生活與農(nóng)村生活很不相同。
Their tastes are different from [to, than] mine. 他們的愛好與我的不同。
順便說一句,副詞 differently 的情形也是一樣。如:
He thinks differently from [to, than] you. 他的想法與你的不同。
2、副詞 much 通常不修飾形容詞原級,但 different 是個(gè)例外,它可受 much 的修飾。如:
He is much different from you. 他與你大不相同。
其他修飾 different 的常見副詞如下例:
He is very different from me. 他與我很不相同。
This is quite different from that. 這個(gè)與那個(gè)很不相同。
Those two boys are completely different. 那兩個(gè)男孩完全不一樣。
為了加強(qiáng)否定的語氣,可用 no 代替 not。比較:
This is not different from that. 這個(gè)與那個(gè)沒有差別。
This is no different from that. 這個(gè)與那個(gè)完全一樣。
注:no different from=the same as。
3、different(不同的)的反義詞是 same(相同的),而不能想當(dāng)然地認(rèn)為是 indifferent(不關(guān)心的,冷淡的)。比較:
He’s indifferent to this problem. 他對這個(gè)問題不感興趣。
He is indifferent to suffering and poverty. 他不在乎苦與窮。