| 单词 | difference |
| 释义 | difference noun¹ 1way in which people/things are not the same不同之处adjective | verb + difference | difference + verb | preposition | phrases adjective➤big, broad, considerable, dramatic, enormous, great, huge, large, major, profound, radical, real, sharp, substantial, vast, wide大的差别；广泛的差异；相当大的不同；巨大的差异；主要的差别；彻底的差异；真正的不同；实质性的差异◆a little extra care makes a big difference.稍微多关心一点儿，情况就会大不一样。◆i noticed a real difference in his attitude.我注意到他的态度真的有所转变。➤basic, essential, fundamental基本的差别；本质的不同；根本的差异▸➤crucial, important, key, main, significant至关重要的／重要的／关键的／主要的／显著的差异◆a small number of additional jobs can make a crucial difference to economic conditions.少量的外快工作对经济状况的改变能起到关键作用。◆we found no significant difference between the two groups.我们发现两组之间并没有显著的差异。➤clear, distinct, marked, notable, noticeable, observed, obvious, striking明显的不同；显著的差异；值得注意的差别；突出的差别◆there is a striking difference between eastern and western europe.东欧与西欧差别突出。➤apparent表面上的差别▸➤minor, slight, small, subtle细小的差别；细微的差异▸➤potential潜在的差别▸➤qualitative, statistical质的差异；统计差异▸➤national, regional国家／地区差别▸➤age, class, cultural, ethnic, gender, genetic, physical, psychological, racial, sex, social年龄差别；阶级差别；文化差异；民族差异；性别差异；遗传差异；身体差别；心理差异；种族差别；社会差异▸➤historical, ideological, political历史／意识形态／政治差异➤structural结构差异▸➤temperature, time温差；时差◆what's the time difference between new york and tokyo?纽约与东京的时差是多少？verb + difference➤make使不一样；有影响◆the new central heating has made an enormous difference to the house.新的中央供暖系统使这所房子大不一样。◆what difference does it make if he doesn't have a car?如果他没有汽车，又会有什么不同呢？➤mean意味着不同◆one tiny mistake when you're climbing could mean the difference between life and death.爬山时，一个很小的错误都有可能意味着生死之别。➤emphasize, exaggerate, focus on, highlight, stress, underline强调差别；夸大差别；专注于差异；着重于不同之处◆we should be focusing on what we have in common rather than emphasizing our differences.我们应该把注意力集中在我们之间的相同之处，而不是相异之处。➤appreciate, be aware of, detect, feel, find, know, note, notice, observe, perceive, recognize, see, spot, tell充分意识到差异；发现差异；感觉到差别；了解不同之处；认识到差异；分辨差别◆i found very little difference in price.我发现价格几乎没有差别。◆only an expert would know the difference between the male and the female.只有专家才能分辨这种动物的雌雄。◆can you spot the difference between these two photos?你能看出这两张相片有什么不同吗 ?◆it's difficult to tell the difference between butterflies and moths.蝴蝶和飞蛾很难区别。➤understand理解差异▸➤explain, illustrate解释／说明差异▸➤examine, explore, look at调查不同之处；探究差异◆the study explores the differences between the way girls and boys talk.这项研究探讨女孩和男孩不同的讲话方式。➤compare比较差异▸➤demonstrate, exhibit (formal) , indicate, reveal, show显示差别◆the questionnaire showed vast differences in what kind of product people want.问卷反映出人们对产品的需求差别很大。➤mark, reflect标明／反映差异◆our different attitudes to life reflect the differences in our backgrounds.对生活的不同态度反映出自身背景的差异。difference + verb➤be, lie差别是；不同之处在（于）◆the difference lies in the way the fruit is prepared.差别在于怎样料理这种水果。➤arise (from sth), exist差别产生（于⋯）；差别存在◆the differences in size arise from the amount of sunshine each plant gets.大小有差别是因为每棵植物所获得的光照量不同。➤explain sth, reflect sth, suggest sth差异说明⋯／反映⋯／表明⋯preposition➤difference among⋯之间的差别◆there are few important policy differences among the main parties.主要政党的重要政策几乎没有差别。➤difference between⋯之间的差别◆there's a big difference between reading about skiing and doing it yourself.书本中的滑雪与自己亲身滑雪之间是有很大差别的。➤difference from与⋯的不同◆he was very aware of his difference from the other children.他很清楚自己与其他孩子的差别。➤difference in⋯方面的差异◆the difference in price is not very significant.价格差别不是很大。➤difference of⋯的差异◆a crucial difference of emphasis侧重点上的关键性差异➤difference with对⋯来说的差别◆there is one key difference with the earlier version of the software.该软件与它较早前的版本有一个关键的不同之处。◆the difference with this information service is that it's free.这项信息服务的不同之处在于它是免费的。phrases➤a... with a difference别样的⋯◆if you want a travel destination with a difference, come to iceland.如果你想过一个别样的假期，到冰岛来吧。➤all the difference in the world天壤之别◆there's all the difference in the world between choosing to do something and being forced to do it.自愿去做一件事与被迫去做迥然相异。➤a great deal of difference, a lot of difference巨大的差别◆the extra money will make a lot of difference to us.这笔额外的钱对于我们来说会起很大的作用。➤make all the difference起巨大作用◆just five minutes' exercise a day could make all the difference.每天锻炼 5 分钟就可以使你判若两人。➤no difference, not much difference没有差别；差别不大◆there's not much difference between baseball and softball.棒球与垒球差别不大。difference noun² 2sum of money in addition to the sum expected差额verb + difference➤pay支付差额◆if you decide on the more expensive model, you can bring this one back and pay the difference.如果你决定了更想要贵一点儿的那一款，你可以交回这个，补上差价就可以了。➤make up弥补差额◆he didn't have enough money, but his aunt agreed to make up the difference.他的钱不够，不过他姨妈答应为他补足差额。➤pocket将差额装进腰包◆he sold the car for more than he'd paid and pocketed the difference.他以高于买价的价格将车卖掉，赚了差价。➤split (figurative) 折衷◆i wanted to leave early and ian wanted to leave late, so we split the difference and left at noon.我想早些离开，可伊恩想晚一点，于是我们折衷了一下中午走的。difference noun³ 3disagreement分歧adjective | verb + difference | difference + verb | preposition | phrases adjective➤irreconcilable, major, serious, sharp不可调和的分歧；重大分歧；严重分歧▸➤minor, slight小分歧；轻微的意见不和▸➤outstanding未解决的分歧◆these talks aim to resolve the outstanding differences between the two sides.这些会谈的目的是消除双方尚存的分歧。verb + difference➤have有分歧◆they have had some minor differences, but in general they get on well together.他们之间存在一些小分歧，不过总的来说相处得还不错。➤make up, patch up, put aside, reconcile, resolve, settle解决分歧；弥合分歧；搁置分歧；消除分歧◆we're going to get the two sides together to see if they can't settle their differences.我们打算把双方召集到一起看他们是否能解决分歧。difference + verb➤arise, emerge, occur分歧产生；分歧出现◆differences may arise when the young people do not have the same expectations as their parents.年轻人的期望与父母不同时就会出现分歧。➤remain分歧仍然存在◆although the talks were generally successful, differences remain between the groups.尽管会谈整体上是成功的，双方仍存在分歧。preposition➤difference as to, difference over关于⋯的分歧◆there were some differences as to how to deal with the crisis.关于如何应对这场危机存在不同的看法。phrases➤a difference of opinion意见分歧◆she and luke had a difference of opinion over how much money they should spend.她与卢克在该花多少钱的问题上发生了争执。➤have your differences有分歧◆like any married couple, we have our differences.和其他所有的夫妇一样，我们之间也存在分歧。 difference noundifference ♦︎ contrast ♦︎ distinction ♦︎ variation ♦︎ imbalance ♦︎ variance ♦︎ disparity ♦︎ divergencethese are all words for the way in which people or things are not like each other.这些词均表示差别、不同之处。patterns and collocations 句型和搭配◆a difference / a contrast / a distinction / a variation / an imbalance / a variance / a disparity / a divergence between a and b◆a difference / a contrast / a variation / an imbalance / a variance / a disparity / a divergence in sth◆a huge difference / contrast / variation / imbalance / disparity◆a considerable difference / contrast / variation / imbalance / variance / disparity / divergence◆a major / fundamental difference / contrast / distinction / variation / imbalance◆a clear difference / contrast / distinction / variation / disparity◆a slight difference / variation / variance / divergence◆a regional / gender difference / variation / imbalance◆to show a difference / a contrast / a distinction / a variation / an imbalance / a variance / a disparity / a divergence◆to see / be aware of / look at a difference / contrast / distinction / variation◆to highlight a difference / contrast / distinction / variation / disparity◆to explain a difference / a distinction / a variation / an imbalance / a variance / a disparity / a divergence◆to cause a difference / a variation / an imbalance / a divergence◆to make a difference / contrast / distinction■ difference [countable, uncountable] the way in which two people or things are not like each other; the way in which sb/sth has changed差别；差异；变化（之处）◆there are no significant differences between the education systems of the two countries.这两国的教育制度没有重大差别。◆she noticed a marked difference in the children on her second visit.第二次来访时她注意到了孩子们明显的变化。◆what a difference! you look great with your hair like that.真是判若两人！你梳这种发型真是太好看了。◆i can never tell the difference (= distinguish) between the twins.我从来都分不清这对双胞胎谁是谁。opp similarity → similarity ■ contrast [countable, uncountable] a difference between two or more people or things that you can see clearly when they are compared or put close together; the fact of comparing two or more things in order to show the differences between them明显的差异；对比；对照◆there is an obvious contrast between the cultures of east and west.东西方文化之间存在着明显的差异。◆a wool jacket with silk trousers provides an interesting contrast in texture.毛料上衣配真丝长裤，质地上的差异相映成趣。◆the company lost $7 million this quarter in contrast to a profit of $6.2 million a year earlier.该公司本季度亏损了 700 万元，与去年同期的 620 万元盈利形成了对比。◆the poverty of her childhood stands in total contrast to her life in hollywood.她童年时的贫困处境与她在好莱坞的生活有着天壤之别。◆when you look at their new system, ours seems very old-fashioned by contrast.看看他们的新系统，我们的系统就显得非常陈旧过时了。 ➡ see also contrast → compare 1 , contrast → conflict verb ■ distinction [countable] (rather formal) a clear difference between two or more people or things that are similar or related显著区别；显著差异◆philosophers did not make a distinction between arts and science.哲学家过去没有把艺术和科学截然分开。◆she tends to blur the distinctions between family and friends.她往往把家人和朋友混淆起来。ⓘ in this meaning, distinction is often used in the phrase make/draw a distinction between a and b, to talk about a difference that people see when they carefully examine things that might at first seem very similar.表达此义时，distinction 常用在短语 make/draw a distinction between a and b 中，表示经仔细观察而发现乍看起来非常相似的事物之间的差别◆we need to draw a distinction between democratic socialism and social democracy.我们需要把民主社会主义与社会民主主义区别开来。 ➡ see also distinguish → distinguish 1 2 ■ variation [countable, uncountable] the way in which people or things are not like each other变异；差异；差别◆there may be striking variations within a species.同一个物种可能存在着差异甚大的变种。◆regional variations in voting patterns不同地区在投票方式上的差别◆there is considerable variation in tastes across the country.全国各地的人口味大不相同。◆there is little variation by sex or social class in these attitudes.不论性别或社会阶层，人们大多采取这些态度。ⓘ variation is usually used to talk about differences that are apparent between groups of people or things, especially in different places, regions and cultures. * variation 通常用来指不同地方、区域或文化的人或事物间的显著差别◆local / regional / geographical / environmental / climatic / cultural / ethnic variation地方／区域／地理／环境／气候／文化／种族差异 ➡ see also variation → change noun 1 ■ imbalance /ɪmbæləns/ [countable, uncountable] (rather formal or technical术语) a situation in which two or more things are not the same size or are treated differently, in a way that is unfair or causes problems失衡；不平衡；不公平◆a global imbalance of / in power全球性权力失衡◆attempts are being made to redress (= put right) the imbalance between our import and export figures.我们正努力纠正进出口的不平衡。◆postnatal depression is usually due to hormonal imbalance.产后抑郁症通常是荷尔蒙失调引起的。 opp balance ⓘ a balance is a situation in which different things exist in equal, correct or good amounts. * balance 指不同事物并存时平衡、均衡的状态◆try to keep a balance between work and relaxation.尽量保持工作与休闲均衡。◆this newspaper maintains a good balance in its presentation of different opinions.这份报纸一贯坚持报道不同的意见，不偏不倚。■ variance /veəriəns; name veriəns, væriəns/ [uncountable, countable] (formal) the amount by which sth changes or is different from sth else变化幅度；差额◆there is considerable variance in pay across the company.公司上下的薪水差别幅度相当大。◆a note with subtle variances of pitch音高有细微变化的音符■ disparity /dɪspærəti/ [uncountable, countable] (formal) a difference, especially one connected with an unfair situation or unfair treatment（尤指不公正所引起的）不同，差别，差异◆the wide disparity between rich and poor was highlighted.特别强调了贫富差距悬殊的问题。◆there are growing regional disparities in economic prosperity.在经济繁荣方面，区域差别越来越大。■ divergence /daɪvɜːdʒəns; name daɪvɜːrdʒəns/ [countable, uncountable] (formal) the amount by which sth is different from sth else差异；分歧◆there is a wide divergence of opinion within the group.群体内部存在着严重的意见分歧。note 辨析 variance or divergence? variance is used especially in technical contexts, for example when analysing figures; divergence is used especially to talk about the opinions or views of groups of people. * variance 尤用于专业语境，如数字分析； divergence 尤与 opinion 和 view 搭配，指群体间的意见分歧◆considerable divergence in pay ◆a wide variance of opinion difference [countable] (rather formal) a disagreement between people意见分歧；不和◆we have our differences, but she's still my sister.我们虽然意见分歧，但她仍然是我妹妹。◆there was a difference of opinion over who had won.到底谁胜谁负，意见不一。 ➡ see also differ → disagree verb ⓘ difference is used especially when people try to avoid getting angry or having a noisy argument, but still continue to disagree. it is also used when sb wants to suggest that there was no noisy argument, even if there was: there was a difference of opinion... can be a polite way of saying 'there was an argument/a fight...'. * difference 尤用于设法避免动气或争吵但仍坚持不同意见的场合；该词还用于暗示没有发生争吵，即使真的发生了。there was a difference of opinion ... （存在着意见分歧）可用作 there was an argument/a fight ... （发生了争吵／打斗）的委婉说法。difference [countable, uncountable] the way in which two people or things are not like each other; the way in which sb/sth has changed差别；差异；变化（之处）◆there are no significant differences between the education systems of the two countries.这两国的教育制度没有重大差别。◆she noticed a marked difference in the children on her second visit.第二次来访时她注意到了孩子们明显的变化。◆what a difference! you look great with your hair like that.真是判若两人！你梳这种发型真是太好看了。◆i can never tell the difference (= distinguish) between the twins.我从来都分不清这对双胞胎谁是谁。opp similarity → similarity difference [singular, uncountable] the amount by which one number, amount or level is smaller or greater than sth else（数字、数量或水平的）差，差额◆there's not much difference in price between the two computers.这两种计算机价格相差无几。◆there's an age difference of six years between the two boys (= one is six years older than the other).这两个男孩的年龄相差六岁。◆i'll lend you £500 and you'll have to find the difference (= the rest of the money you need).我借给你 500 英镑，其余的你自己解决。difference/ˈdɪfrəns ||; ˈdɪfrəns/noun1. [c] a difference (between a and b) the way that people or things are not the same or the way that sb/sth has changed 差别；差异；不同之处: ◇what's the difference between this computer and that cheaper one? 这台计算机与那台较便宜的有什么不同？◇from a distance it's hard to tell the difference between the twins. 从远处看很难区分这对双胞胎。 2. [c,u] difference (in sth) (between a and b) the amount by which people or things are not the same or by which sb/sth has changed （数量上的）差，差额，差距: ◇there's an age difference of three years between the two children. 这两名儿童相差三岁。◇there's very little difference in price since last year. 去年以来价格的变化不大。◇we gave a 30% deposit and must pay the difference when the work is finished (= the rest of the money). 我们付了30%作为订金，余额则须在完工时缴付。 3. [c] a disagreement that is not very serious 不同的意见；分歧；轻微的争执: ◇all couples have their differencesfrom time to time. 所有夫妻都免不了偶尔有不同意见。◇there was a difference of opinion over how much we owed. 我们究竟欠多少，对这个问题存在不同看法。 make a, some, etc difference (to sb/sth) to have an effect (on sb/sth) 对…有影响；对…起作用: ◇marriage made a big difference to her life. 婚姻在很大程度上改变了她的生活。 make no difference (to sb/sth);not make any difference to not be important (to sb/sth); to have no effect 对…并不重要；对…无影响: ◇it makes no difference to us if the baby is a girl or a boy. 对我们来说生男生女都一样。 split the difference→split¹differencesee ⇨ different 7,8 • • •• ⇨ can tell the difference• ⇨ can't tell the difference/can't tell them apart• ⇨ it makes no difference to me/it doesn't bother me/it's all the same to me• ⇨ it makes no difference/it doesn't make any difference• ⇨ make a difference• ⇨ there's a world of difference between dif·fe·rence /`dɪfərəns; ˈdɪfərəns/n 1. [c] the way in which one person or thing is different from another 差异，不同之处:◇+ between there are many differences between public and private schools. 公立学校和私立学校之间有许多不同之处。 2. [singular 单数] an amount by which one thing is different from another 差别，差额:◇difference in age/price/size etc the two jackets might look the same, but there's a huge difference in price. 这两件外套也许看起来差不多，但价格却相差很大。◇+ between there's an age difference of 12 years between me and my wife. 我和我妻子年龄相差 12 岁。 3. make a big difference/make all the difference to have a good effect on a situation or person 起很好的作用，有良好效果:◇swimming twice a week can make a big difference to the way you feel. 每周游两次泳可以让你感觉非常良好。 4. make no difference to have no effect on a situation or person 无所谓，没关系:◇it makes no difference to me what you do. 你做什么我无所谓。 5. difference of opinion a disagreement 意见相左，争执 6. have your differences to have disagreements with someone or different opinions from them 有不同意见:◇we've had our differences, but we're still friends. 我们虽然有不同意见，但仍是朋友。 ☞ difference |
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