解放军文职考试：英语常用词汇-various与different的用法区别

 区别一 different 表示“不同的”，指的可能是种类不同、不相像、不一样、不是同一个等，强调“异”。如：<: 'Times New Roman'">Mary and Jane are quite different. 玛丽与简大不一样。This book is different from that one. 这本书与那本书不一样。This is not what I want; I want a different one. 我要的不是这个，我要一个不同的。
区别二 various 表示“各种各样的”、“各不相同的”等，主要指彼此不同且种类繁多，强调“异”而“多“”。如：There are various ways of cooking an egg. 鸡蛋有各种各样的煮法。There’s been snow today in various parts of the country. 今天全国各地都下了雪。比较：He gave various reasons (= a number of different reasons) for being late. 他为自己的迟到举出了种种理由。This time he gave different reasons (= not the same as last time) for his being late. 这次他为自己的迟到举出了不同的理由。注：由于 various 不仅强调“异”而且强调“多而且强调”，所以其后接的名词通常用复数；而 different 强调的只是“异”而不是“多”，所以其后的名词可以是单数或复数。