different用作形容詞表示不同的，與眾不同的，各式各樣的等含義，可用作定語(yǔ)和表語(yǔ)。用作副詞時(shí)表示不同地，用作名詞時(shí)表示差異，不同。

1.different強(qiáng)調(diào)事物存在本質(zhì)上的差別,有時(shí)有對(duì)比意義,可以修飾單數(shù)和復(fù)數(shù)名詞。

2.different常接介詞from、to或than,在英語(yǔ)中常用different to,在美語(yǔ)中有時(shí)用different than,而different from英美都用。在口語(yǔ)中, different from有時(shí)可接從句。

3.用作定語(yǔ) ～+ n.

He wears a different tie every day.

他每天換一條領(lǐng)帶。

Their three children all go to different schools.

他們?nèi)齻€(gè)孩子分別上不同的學(xué)校。

The balls of different colours are mainly calculated for decoration.

這些不同顏色的彩球主要作裝飾用。

4.用作表語(yǔ)

（1）S+be+～

Things are very different now.

現(xiàn)在的情況已今非昔比。

It's impossible to generalize about children's books, as they are all different.

兒童讀物五花八門,不可能一概而論。

（2）S+be+～+from n./pron.

Your view isn't much different from mine.

你的看法同我的看法并無(wú)多大區(qū)別。

Is the weather today much different from what it was yesterday?

今天天氣同昨天有什么不同?

It would be different from what happened this morning.

這和上午發(fā)生的情況有所不同。

（3）S+be+～+of n./v -ing

She is different of success.

她對(duì)成功沒有自信心。

I was different of saying so.

我這樣說(shuō)感到不好意思。

（4）S+be+～+than n./pron.

Their house is different than ours.

他們的房子與我們的不同。

（5）S+be+～+to n./pron.

His message is very little different to theirs.

他的消息與他們的沒什么不同。

Roller-skating is very different to ice-skating.

穿旱冰鞋溜冰與在冰上溜冰大不相同。