difference /ˈdɪfərəns, ˈdɪfrəns/ star4 CET4 TEM4 (differences)

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） The difference between two things is the way in which they are unlike each other. 差异

  例：

  That is the fundamental difference between the two societies.

  那是两个社会之间的根本差别。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） If people have their differences about something, they disagree about it. 分歧

  例：

  The two communities are learning how to resolve their differences.

  这两个团体正在学会如何消除它们之间的分歧。

• 3.  

  N-SING（单数型名词） A difference between two quantities is the amount by which one quantity is less than the other. 差额

  例：

  The difference is 8532.

  差额是8532。

• 4.  

  PHRASE（习语） If something makes a difference or makes a lot of difference, it affects you and helps you in what you are doing. If something makes no difference, it does not have any effect on what you are doing. 有 (某程度的) 影响/毫无影响

  例：

  Where you live can make such a difference to the way you feel.

  你居住的位置会对你的感觉产生很大的影响。

• 5.  

  PHRASE（习语） If there is a difference of opinion between two or more people or groups, they disagree about something. 意见分歧

  例：

  Was there a difference of opinion over what to do with the Nobel Prize money?

  对于怎么使用诺贝尔奖金有不同的意见吗？