托福獨立寫作中因為詞匯而扣分似乎是很多中國考生都會遇到的問題,用詞缺乏變化,詞匯搭配使用細節出錯,這類問題層出不窮。有鑒于此,小編將為大家分享常用詞匯differ的用法,結合例句為大家分享高分用詞的經驗技巧。
托福獨立寫作differ用法介紹
首先我們來看一下differ這個詞。在托福寫作中,凡是要表示差異區別或是不同的意思時,小編相信大部分考生的第一反應都是和differ相關的詞匯,比如difference, differentiation, differentiate等等,而這些詞匯在詞匯用法搭配上都有所區別。需要大家了解其中差異才能正確運用。
1. 動詞differ用法
先來看這一系列詞匯中的動詞differ,這個動詞的意思就是區別于其它事物,基本用法很簡單:
a. A differ/differs from B
b. A differ/differs from B to B
c. ____ (多個相似的事物) differ in C
a的意思是A和B不同,例句有:
English differs from Spanish in that it is not pronounced as it is written.
Korean cuisine differs from English cuisine, because it is much spicier.
注意第一個例句中的介詞in,指的是兩者區別的具體方面,大家可以把第二句也變成帶有in的形式:
Korean cuisine differs from English cuisine in that it is much spicier.
b用法的意思是A在不同的B中有區別,光看解釋可能不好理解,來看例句:
Laws on pollution differ widely from country to country.
Textbooks differ from school to school.
c的用法其實和b正好倒過來,多個相似的事物放在前面,然后這些事物在C這一方面有所區別,也給大家一個例句參考一下:
Although they are similar in many respects, bonobos and chimpanzees differ greatly in social and sexual behaviours.
2. 另一個動詞differenciate用法
和differ相關的另一個動詞differenciate,常有考生搞不清楚兩者之前的區別,其實除了詞性相同以及擁有相似的詞根外,differenciate在含義上和differ還是有很大區別的。具體來說,differenciate更強調主動性,也就是主動去區別兩者不同的意思,用英文來說就是identify the differences between things。而這個詞主要的用法有兩個,分別是:
a. differentiate between A and B
b. sth. differentiates A from B
a用法的意思是去區分A和B,注意這里用的是between,因此有著很強的比較對比的意味,來看兩個例句:
Joe is color-blind and cannot differentiate between red and green.
The camouflage of octopuses makes it difficult for their predators to differentiate between them and rocks.
b的用法則是指某種特性或者特點讓A不同于B,例句是:
The ability to speak differentiates humans from other animals.
Although both whales and sharks are aquatic animals, the fact that whales are mammals differentiates whales from sharks.
3. 名詞differrenciation用法
說到differ的名詞形式,很多同學可能都會想到differrence這個詞,但其實除了它以外,還有一個比較好用的名詞是differrenciation。這個詞從拼寫上就可以看出,其實是上面那個動詞differenciate變化過來的,因此作為名詞,它的含義和differrence的區別也在于強調主動性,也就是帶有主動去辨別區分的含義,比如上面的某個例句,就可以改變成用differenciation來表達的形式:
Joe is color-blind and cannot differentiate between red and green. =>
Joe is color-blind and cannot make a differentiation between red and green.
大家如果還是沒完全搞懂的話可以再看兩個例句體會一下:
Product differentiation is an important aspect of business.
Companies should work hard to achieve differentiation in products.
以上就是關于托福獨立寫作中表達差別含義的詞匯differ的一些高分用法經驗分享,連帶這個詞的變化形式和例句一起,希望通過對本文的參考學習,大家能夠更好地掌握常用詞匯的用法細節,為考試做好充分準備。