difference

英 ['dɪfrəns] 美 ['dɪfrəns]

• n. 差异；不同；差额；分歧
• vt. <罕见用法> 区别

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C][U]差别,差异

   state or way in which two people or things are not the same, or in which sb/sth has changed

2. [U]差距,差额

   amount or degree in which two things are not the same or sth has changed

3. [C]分歧,争执

   disagreement, often involving a quarrel

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 差异，差别
2. 争论，争执，争吵，争端，辩论
3. 差距
4. （意见）分歧，不和，意见相左，合不到一块儿
5. 【数】差，差额
6. 【逻】特殊性
7. 怨，芥蒂
8. 不同之处，不同点
9. 变化之处
10. 特性，特征，特点
11. (情况的)重要变化，明显效果
12. 【纹章学】(族徽上区别家族支脉的)附加图记
13. 【逻辑学】种差，特殊性

v. 动词

1. 区别，辨别
2. 使有差别
3. 计算…的差值

英英释义

Noun:

1. the quality of being unlike or dissimilar;

   "there are many differences between jazz and rock"
   

2. a variation that deviates from the standard or norm;

   "the deviation from the mean"
   

3. a disagreement or argument about something important;

   "he had a dispute with his wife"
   "there were irreconcilable differences"
   "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
   

4. a significant change;

   "the difference in her is amazing"
   "his support made a real difference"
   

5. the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. How do you account for the difference between them?
   你怎样来解释它们之间的差异呢？
2. Flowers make no difference to this room.
   这房间有没有花没什么区别。
3. It won't make much difference whether you go today or tomorrow.
   你今天或明天去没有多大关系。
4. This convention makes no difference to the results.
   这种习惯做法不会得出不同结果。
5. There is a slight difference between them.
   他们之间有些许不同。
6. The government must borrow money to make up the difference.
   政府必须借款来弥补该差额。
7. They were able to concert their difference.
   他们能商议调解他们之间的分歧。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. When the artificial flowers are contrasted with natural ones, you can hardly tell the difference.
   当人造花和自然花对比时,你几乎不能辨出真假。
2. They agreed to bury their differences.
   他们同意搁置相互间的分歧。
3. The two neighbors have now arranged their differences.
   这两个邻居现已消除了他们之间的不和。
4. Let us mediate our differences rather than engage in a costly strike.
   让我们通过调停解决分歧,而不要进行代价高昂的罢工。
5. By mutual consent, the negotiators kept off political differences, and concentrated on the military issue.
   经双方同意,谈判代表避开政治上的分歧而集中讨论军事问题。
6. It's time to set our differences aside and work together for a common purpose.
   该是我们抛开分歧,为一个共同的目的而协力工作的时候了。

～+between n./pron./v -ing

1. I can't perceive any difference between these coins.
   我看不出这些硬币的区别。
2. It's easy to tell the difference between butter and margarine.
   区别黄油和人造黄油是很容易的。
3. How can we discern the difference between two books in a dark room?
   在黑屋子里,我们怎么能看出两本书的不同?
4. The recent wage increases point up still further the difference between this government and the last.
   近来工资的增加更进一步显示出本届政府和上届政府的不同。
5. There are many differences between living in a city and living in the country.
   住在城市和住在乡下有很多不同之处。
6. What's the difference in temperature between the day and the night?
   白天和夜里的温差是多少?
7. There's not much difference in price between the two computers.
   这两种计算机的价格之间没有太多的区别。
8. The House and Senate ironed out the differences between their two tax bills.
   众议院和参议院解决了他们两个不同的税收提案的分歧。

～+of n./pron.

1. There's an age difference of six years between them.
   他们之间相差六岁。
2. We had a difference of opinion over who had won.
   我们究竟在谁获胜的问题上发生了争执。

经典引文

• In all this Diversity there is no real difference.

  出自： G. Burnet

• The difference between a scientist and an inventor.

  出自： J. Barzun

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

make a/no/some difference

对某人〔某事〕重要〔不重要〕 be important, unimportant (to sb/sth)

make a difference between

区别对待 treat differently

split the difference

〈非正〉折中成交; 差额各让一半 (when make a bargain) compromise on the price; agree on an amount halfway between

with a difference

特别的,与众不同的 special; unusual

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• bury a difference 消灭差别
• discuss a difference 讨论区别
• explain a difference 解释区别
• find a difference 发现区别
• have a difference 有差异
• iron out the difference 消除差异
• make a difference 区别对待
• make no difference 没有关系,不起作用,没有区别
• make up the difference 填补上这个差距
• narrow the difference 缩小差别
• notice a difference 注意到区别〔差别,分歧〕
• recognize a difference 承认〔认识〕差别
• see the difference 看出差异
• settle differences 消除分歧
• show a difference 指出区别,显出差别
• tell the difference 辨别差别
• wipe out the difference 消除分歧〔差别〕

形容词+～

• actual difference 实际差别〔不同〕
• big difference 很大的不同
• great difference 很大的不同
• large difference 很大的不同
• little difference 没有什么差别〔区别〕
• much difference 很大的差别〔区别〕
• sharp difference 明显的差别〔区别,分歧〕

名词+～

• family differences 家庭不和〔分歧〕
• surface difference 表面差异

～+介词

• difference between China and the West 中西差别
• difference between the two machines 两台机器的差别
• difference between the two systems 两种体制间的差别
• difference of opinion 意见分歧
• difference of this one from another 一件事和另一件事的差异
• difference in age 年龄差别
• difference in meaning 意义的差别

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. difference作“差异,区别”解时,指一事物区别于另一事物的不同之处,可指事物之间的本质差别,也可指事物之间的非本质的差别,可充当不可数名词,也可作可数名词。difference还可作“差距,差额”解,指的是事物之间存在的一个差额值,作不可数名词。difference引申还可作“分歧,争执”解,这时常用作复数形式。
2. difference后常接介词between, of短语作定语。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

difference, distinction

• 这两个词都可用于感觉到的“差异”,可以互换使用。其区别是：
• 当差异的感知是由于分析和辨别的结果时,通常用distinction; 而当指明差异的状态时,通常用difference。例如:
• The first thing you'll have to do is to make a distinction between the primary and the secondary tasks.你们应该做的首要工作是区分主要任务和次要任务。

下面两个短语意思相同:

• a difference of 20 minutes
• 20 minutes difference
• 20分钟的差别

difference，distinction，discrepancy，discrimination

• 这些名词都有“差别，区别”之意。
• difference普通用词，可指事物本质上的差异或数量上的差额，也可指事物在某一方面的差别，还可指人们之间的不同意见。
• distinction较正式用词，除指事物在本质上的差别外，还指在某一方面或某一细节上的区分，要在认真观察、研究后才易觉察。
• discrepancy多用于言论和记述方面，指两物之间缺乏使之相似或平衡的协调。
• discrimination侧重指在判断、见识方面的差别，也可指待遇上的区别。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 你注意到他们风格上的差异了吗?

   误 Have you noticed their difference of style?

   正 Have you noticed their difference in style?

2. 你能讲出这两个形容词的区别吗?

   误 Can you tell the difference of these two adjectives?

   正 Can you tell the difference between these two adjectives?

   析 表示“(两者之间的)差异”用difference between,表示“(在某方面的)差异”用difference in。只有在表示“(有多大的)差距”时,才用difference of。

近反义词

【近义词】

• dispute 争论
• divergence 分歧
• distinction 荣誉
• variance 不一致
• dissimilarity 不同
• disparity 不一致
• differentiation 区别
• tiff 一口
• quarrel 吵架
• argument 辩论
• disagreement 不合
• inconsistency 不一致
• change 变化
• alteration 改变
• discrepancy 差异
• deviation 偏离
• modification 修改
• transformation 转型
• discrimination 歧视
• contretemps 不幸的意外事件...
• opposition 反对
• unlikeness 不同
• conflict 冲突
• inconformity 不一致
• contrariety 反对
• contrast 对比
• distinguishment 区别
• imparity 不同
• judgment 裁判
• wrangle 争论
• disputation 争论
• discernment 眼光
• discreteness 不连续性
• dissimilitude 相异
• jangle 发出刺耳声
• logomachy 字义的争执
• nonconformity 不墨守成规
• squabble （为琐事）争论...
• debate 辩论
• remainder 剩余物
• antithesis 对照
• inequality 不平等
• broil 烤
• row 排
• bickering 争吵
• contention 争论
• spat 小争吵
• feud 长期不和
• rupture 破裂
• vendetta 仇杀
• disaccord 有分歧
• dissension 意见不合
• antagonism 对抗
• clash 冲突
• dissent 异议
• dissidence 意见不同
• controversy 争议
• contradiction 矛盾
• strife 争吵
• departure 出发
• balance 平衡
• rest 剩余的部分
• excess 超过
• peculiarity 特质
• idiosyncrasy 特质
• differentia 不同点
• eccentricity 古怪
• idiocrasy (=idiosyncra...
• particularity 特异性
• individuality 个性
• mannerism 明显或过份固守独特格调或...
• difference of opinion 意见分歧
• novelty 【C】新奇
• differential 差别的
• rift 裂口
• misunderstanding 误会
• variety 多样
• asymmetry 不对称
• discord 不调和
• issue 议题
• ground 地面
• cause 引起
• bone of contention 争论的问题(争论的原因)...
• of 关于
• point 观点
• bone 骨骼
• question 问题

【反义词】

• sameness 千篇一律