218　different from和different than

① different from表示“与……不同”，后接名词、代词或从句。

College is different from high school. 大学与高中不同。

This picture is slightly different from that one. 这张图画同那张图画略有不同。

He's a different man from what he was ten years ago. 他同10年前已判若两人。

② different than表示“与……不同”，后接从句，特别是省略的从句，主要用于美式英语。

She looks different in person than（she looks）in movies. 她当面看起来与从电影上看到的形象不一样。

We'll do something quite different for our holiday this year than（what）we did last year. 我们今年假期做的事情将大大不同于去年做的事情。