1、different強調事物存在本質上的差別,有時有對比意義,可以修飾單數和復數名詞。

　　2、different常接介詞from、to或than,在英語中常用different to,在美語中有時用different than,而different from英美都用。在口語中, different from有時可接從句。

　　3、用作定語 ～+ n.

　　He wears a different tie every day.

　　他每天換一條領帶。

　　Their three children all go to different schools.

　　他們三個孩子分別上不同的學校。

　　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：

　　（1）S+be+～

　　Things are very different now.

　　現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多大區別。

　　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.

　　這和上午發生的情況有所不同。

　�。�3）S+be+～+of n./v -ing

　　She is different of success.

　　她對成功沒有自信心。

　　I was different of saying so.

　　我這樣說感到不好意思。

　　（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。