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。