“different”后面的名词可以是单数也可以是复数。
当“different”用来表示与别的东西不同,侧重于指出与其他事物的区别时,它后面可以跟单数或复数名词。例如,在句子“I have a different car”(我有一辆不同的车)中,“car”是单数形式。
然而,当“different”用来描述两个或多个不同的事物,强调同类事物之间的差异时,它通常用于修饰复数名词。例如,在句子“We have different toys”(我们有不同的玩具)中,“toys”是复数形式。
此外,如果“different”前面的名词有定冠词“the”修饰,则需要根据具体语境来决定使用单数还是复数。
1、Things might have been different if I'd talked a bit more.
如果当时我再多说一点的话,结果或许会不一样。
2、Since the birds interbreed they cannot be classed as different species.
由于这些鸟进行杂交繁殖,不能把它们归为不同的物种。
3、These expressions are often used interchangeably, but they do have differentmeanings.
这些表达方式经常相互替代使用,但它们的含义却有所不同。
4、They found their computers producing different results from exactly the same calculation.
他们发现他们的计算机进行完全相同的计算会得出不同的结果。
5、We felt we were living life on several different planes.
我们感到大家生活的精神层次各不相同。
6、He was surprised they had married — they had seemed so different.
他俩居然结婚了——这让他非常惊讶,因为他们实在是太不一样了。
7、The reality of mothering is frequently very different from the romantic ideal.
养育孩子的现实经常与浪漫的理想大相径庭。
8、In most languages adjectives have slightly different spellings for masculine and feminine.
在多数语言中,形容词的阳性和阴性的拼法略为不同。
9、The opposition Conservative Party put a different interpretation on the figures.
反对党保守党对这些数字提出一番不同的解释。
10、He wonders if the different influences might not cancel each other out.
他在想,各种影响能不能相互抵消。