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释义 | different to 【问】 下面是一所大学的研究生英语试题: The language is certainly not a different language____that of everyday life.A. from B. than C. with D. to 考题答案规定只有选A才是正确的。这种观点对吗? 【答】 上面的试题除了选A(from)之外,还可以选B(than)或D(to)。关于选B(than)的正确性,我们在different than条里已经作了论述。下面让我们来证明选D(to)也是正确的。对英语惯用法的研究表明,在当代英语里different to是使用得颇为普遍的,尤其是在英国英语里: 1. a very different situation to the... one under which we live(Sir Winston Churchill) 一个完全不同于我们所生活的环境 2. It is a different sort of life to what she's been accustomed to. (WNCD)这是一种与她所习惯的生活完全不同的生活。 3. She's so different to Rebecca. (Du Maurier) 她与丽贝卡是如此的不同。 4. Their system is different to ours. (Doyle) 他们的制度与我们的不同。 当代的许多英文辞典已经明确地承认了这种语言事实: 1. different—often followed by from,than or to. (WNCD) 2. In British English to frequently follows different: The early sketches are very differentto the later ones. (《韦氏词典》,电子版) 考生应注意,托福试题在70年代仍将different to视为错误:
![]() 我国研考题直到80年代还将different to视为错误: Allen and I are in the same history class,but his assignment is different________ mine.A. with B. from C. against D. to(攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题,83A) 赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第325-326页. |
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