【difference音标】 英[ˈdɪfrəns] 美[ˈdɪfrəns]
【单词释义】 difference是什么意思：
n.差别，差异；[数]差数，差额；意见分歧；特色
vt.辨别，区分
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] differences [第三人称单数] differences
[单词现在分词] differencing
[单词过去式] differenced
[单词过去分词] differenced
【关联词/派生词】
differ vi.不同于，相异于
different adj.不同的；有差异的
differentiate v.区分，区别，辨别；区别对待
differentiation n. 分化；区别；差异化
differential adj.差别的；有区别的；[数]微分的 n. 差别；[数]微分；差动齿轮，分速器
differently adv. 不同地；相异地
【difference形近词/近似词】
inference n.推论；推理；推断；推断结果，结论
reference n.参考；参考书；提及，涉及 v.引用；参照
preference n.偏爱；优先权
conference n.会议；讨论
circumference n.周围，圆周；胸围
interference n.干涉，干扰，干预；介入
deference n.[U]尊重，遵从；顺从；依从
indifference n.[U]不重视；不在乎；漠不关心；冷漠；冷淡
【常用短语】
make a,no,some difference 有（或没有、有些等）关系，影响
【单词例句】
◇ But Marguerite did not answer him; she was offended that he should call her a woman when she was only a girl; and there is a great difference. He asked her a second time, and then a third; but she remained dumb, and answered not a word.
可是“玛加丽特”不回答他。她很生气，因为她还不过是一个少女，而他却已把她称为“女人”；这究竟有一个分别呀。他问了第二次，第三次。
---- The Butterfly
◇ Her first aid made a vital difference in saving his life. A ceremony was held to honour the nurse who overcame a variety of barriers to save the boy.
她的急救在挽救他性命中起了至关重要的作用。人们举办了一场典礼来表彰这位克服各种障碍挽救了男孩的小保姆。
---- First Aid
◇ Because of this fact, you can make use of the differences to tell which country the foreigners of your block are from.
因为这一情况的存在，你就可以利用这些英语之间的区别说出你们街区的外国人是哪个国家来的了。
---- Different Countries Have Different Kinds of Englishes
◇ The first task, completed in silence, was completed in an average time of 20 minutes and 59 seconds. However, the second transcription exercise that involved music was completed in an average time of 17 minutes and 42 seconds; a difference of three minutes and 17 seconds, or 15%.
第一项在静默中完成的抄写任务，平均完成时间为20分59秒。而在听音乐时执行的第二个任务平均完成时间为17分42秒，相差3分17秒，即15%。
---- Listening to classical music at work boosts productivity
◇ Why did college become the predominant term for postsecondary education? And is there any difference between the two institutions?
为什么college成为指代中学后教育时普遍使用的术语？这两种机构之间有什么区别吗？
---- What's the difference between a college and a university?
◇ How to tell the difference between normal height loss and signs of osteoporosis?
如何区分正常的身高缩水和骨质疏松症？