differ
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they differ | |
| he / she / it differs | |
| past simple differed | |
| past participle differed | |
| -ing form differing |
- [intransitive]
to be different from somebody/something 相异；有区别；不同于 They hold differing views. 他们持有不同的观点。 - A differs from B
French differs from English in this respect. 在这方面法语不同于英语。 - A and B differ (from each other)
French and English differ in this respect. 在这方面法语和英语不同。 - differ between A and B
Ideas on childcare may differ considerably between the parents. 在抚育子女方面父母的观点可能迥然不同。
Language Bank contrastcontrastHighlighting differences 突出差异／不同 This survey highlights a number of differences in the way that teenage boys and girls in the UK spend their free time. 这项民意测验凸显出英国十几岁的男孩和女孩在打发闲暇时间上的诸多不同。
One of the main differences between the girls and the boys who took part in the research was the way in which they use the internet. 参与了这项研究的女生和男生之间的主要差异之一在于他们使用互联网的方式。
Unlike the girls, who use the internet mainly to keep in touch with friends, the boys questioned in this survey tend to use the internet for playing computer games. 女生使用互联网主要是和朋友联系，这一点和男生不同，参与调查的男生往往是使用互联网来玩电脑游戏。
The girls differ from the boys in that they tend to spend more time keeping in touch with friends on the phone or on social networking websites. 女孩和男孩的不同之处在于，她们倾向于花更多的时间通过电话或社交网站与朋友保持联系。
Compared to the boys, the girls spend much more time chatting to friends on the phone. 与男孩相比，女孩花更多的时间在电话上和朋友聊天。
On average the girls spend four hours a week chatting to friends on the phone. In contrast, very few of the boys spend more than five minutes a day talking to their friends in this way. 女生平均每周花四个小时与朋友电话聊天。相比之下，很少有男生每天以这种方式与朋友聊天五分钟以上。
The boys prefer competitive sports and computer games, whereas/while the girls seem to enjoy more cooperative activities, such as shopping with friends. 男生更喜欢竞技性体育运动和电脑游戏，而女生似乎更喜欢合作性活动，比如与朋友一起购物。
When the girls go shopping, they mainly buy clothes and cosmetics. The boys, on the other hand, tend to purchase computer games or gadgets. 女生购物时主要买衣服和化妆品，而男生往往会买电脑游戏或小器具。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentb2His ideas differ little from those of his father. 他的想法与他父亲没有多少差别。 Opinions differ widely on this issue. 对这个问题的看法存在很大的分歧。 Social organization differs significantly between the different groups. 不同群体的社会组织大不一样。 The models differ in size and shape. 这些模型的大小和外形都不一样。 The rates of violent crime differed greatly among the four cities. 四个城市的暴力犯罪率大不相同。 The two approaches differ markedly 两种方法具有显着的差异。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- dramatically
- enormously
- …
- according to
- among
- between
- …
- [intransitive]
to disagree with somebody 意见相左；持不同看法；不同意 - differ (with somebody) (about/on/over something)
I have to differ with you on that. 在那一点上我不能同意你的看法。 - differ (as to something)
Medical opinion differs as to how to treat the disease. 关于如何治疗这种疾病医学界有不同的看法。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1It didn't seem right that I should differ with him. 我与他存在分歧似乎不太合适。 The two parties differ on all the major issues. 在所有主要的问题上双方意见都不统一。 The two sides still differ over details of the plan. 在计划的细节上，双方仍持不同意见。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + differ- agree to
- beg to
- about
- over
- on
- …
- differ (with somebody) (about/on/over something)
Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘put off, defer’): from Old French differer ‘differ, defer’, from Latin differre, from dis- ‘from, away’ + ferre ‘bring, carry’. Compare with defer ‘put off’.
Idioms
agree to differ/disagree
if two people agree to differ/disagree, they accept that they have different opinions about something, but they decide not to discuss it any longer 同意各自保留不同意见 We must just agree to differ on this. 我们必须在这个问题上达成一致。 In the end we agreed to disagree. 最后我们同意不同意。 I think you're wrong. Let's just agree to differ. 我认为你是错的。咱们还是各自保留不同意见吧。
I beg to differ
used to say politely that you do not agree with something that has just been said 很抱歉，我不敢苟同 ‘At least she is good at her job.’ ‘Oh, I beg to differ.’ “至少她擅长自己的工作，”。“哦，我不敢苟同，”。