プログレッシブ英和中辞典(第5版)の解説
dif・fer・ent
/dífərənt/
1 (…とは/…の点で)違った,異なる≪from,((米))than,((英))to/in≫(⇒various[類語])([連語]
a different type [kind]
違う種類
different in style
スタイルが違う
Chicago is different from Detroit in many ways.=Chicago and Detroit are different (from each other) in many ways.
シカゴとデトロイトは多くの点で異なる
She was no different than usual.
彼女はいつもと全然違っていなかった
This is a result different [a different result] from yours.
これは君のとは異なる結果だ
[コーパス]different⇔difference
They are significantly different from one another.
→There are significant differences among them.
◆differences と複数形にすると異なる点が多くあることを表す.
2 〔限定〕別の,別個の,さまざまの,種々の
two different ways to do it
2つの異なるやり方
at different speeds
それぞれに違った速度で
different people with the same name
同名異人
sisters with different mothers
異母姉妹
Different men, different ways.=((米略式))Different strokes for different folks.
十人十色
3 ((略式))特異な,変わった
He is a (very) different sort of poet.
彼は(とても)風変わりな詩人だ