dif·fer·ence

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【词性】：n．

【释义】：

❶ 差异，差别．the difference of industry from agriculture工业与农业的差别．Difference itself is contradiction．差异就是矛盾．There is little difference between these two words．这两个词差别不大．make some(no，not much，a great deal of) difference 有一点(没有，不太大的，很大的)重要性：What you said makes no difference to me．你所说的对我并不重要．One false step will make a great difference．失之毫厘，差之千里．make a difference between区别对待…．❷ 不合，争论：settle differences调停．They have had a difference．他们有争论．❸ 相差，差额：a difference of a ton or so一吨左右的差额．The difference between 10 and 5 is 5．十和五的差是五．