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difference, dissimilarity, unlikeness, divergence, variation, distinction, discrepancy
These nouns refer to a lack of correspondence or agreement.
这些名词都是指缺乏相符或一致。
Difference is the most general:
Difference 是最常见：
differences in color and size;
颜色和尺寸间的差别；
a difference of opinion.
观点的差异。
Dissimilarity is difference between things otherwise alike or capable of close comparison:
Dissimilarity 是指在其它方面很相似或非常类似的事物间的差异：
a striking dissimilarity between the personalities of the sisters.
姐妹间个性的显著差异。
Unlikeness usually implies greater and more obvious difference:
Unlikeness 经常暗含着较大和较明显的差别：
more likeness than unlikeness among children of that age.
那个年龄的孩子们间的相似远多于差异。
Divergence suggests an often gradually increasing difference between things originally similar:
Divergence 是指原本相似的事物间逐渐增加的差异
points of divergence between British and American English.
英语和美语间的不同点。
Variation is difference between things of the same class or species;often it refers to modification of something original, prescribed, or typical:
Vairation 指相同等级或种类的差异，通常指原始的、指定的或典型的事物的变更：
variations in temperature;
温度的变化；
a variation in shape.
形状的变化。
Distinction often means a difference in detail between like or related things, determinable only by close inspection:
Distiaction 通常的意思为相似的或相关的事物间的细节差异，只能通过仔细的检查才能确定的：
the distinction in meaning between “good” and “excellent.” A
“好的”和“出色”两词的词义差别。
discrepancy is a difference between things that should correspond or match, as a conflict in two accounts of an incident:
Discrenpancy 是指本应一致或匹配的事物，因意外条件而不一致，造成了事物间的差异：
a discrepancy between what was promised and what was done.
所说的和所做的之间的差异
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楼主 Date: 2009-03-05 10:11:45
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