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。