[求助] different from 和unlike的区别

saintaa

PREP的一道题
A  study on couples' retirement transitions found that, different from men who took new jobs after retiring from their primary careers, women who did so were more likely than those who retired completely to report high material satisfaction.
A.different from
B.unlike with
C.unlike
D.unlike the results for
E.compared to the results for
我选的是Ａ，可是答案是Ｃ，different from和unlike有什么差别么？很是困惑，望大家指教！！多谢！

saintaa

我后来问了我的ＭＳＮ上一位英国朋友，他这样回答

beverage 说:
A  study on couples' retirement transitions found that, different from men who took new jobs after retiring from their primary careers, women who did so were more likely than those who retired completely to report high material satisfaction.

A.different from

B.unlike with

C.unlike

D.unlike the results for

E.compared to the results for


beverage 说:
different from is underlined
beverage 说:
it's a sentence correction problem
Joe 说:
ok give me 1 min
beverage 说:
ok
Joe 说:
it is unlike
beverage 说:
u r right!
Joe 说:
is this homework for you?
beverage 说:
yeah...
beverage 说:
but how d u know the answer is unlike?
beverage 说:
i choose different from
beverage 说:

Joe 说:
but it is your second language, that is quite a respectable mistake
beverage 说:
  can u give me any explanation? i am so confused

Joe 说:
to be honest they could all be used and they would be easily understood, it's just that they wouldnt be the best choice. im sorry but i cant give any better explanation
Joe 说:
english is a strange and confusing language
beverage 说:
c...
beverage 说:
so different from is awkward
Joe 说:
yes, that wouldnt be very good english. unlike is shorter and flows better
Joe 说:
a suppose, is a better link between the two

kinghades

if you say "different from ...", the literal meaning is that the women themselves are different from the men themselves.

the intended meaning of the sentence is not that the women and men themselves are different, but, rather, that their experiences of marital satisfaction are different.
"unlike" allows this sort of comparison; "different from" doesn't.

i.e.
if you say "different from X, Y...", then this means that X and Y themselves are different.
if you say "unlike X, Y does Z", this means that Y does Z, but X doesn't do Z.

vakaka

unlike后面接名词

Stefaniezhu

if you say "different from ...", the literal meaning is that the women themselves are different from ...
kinghades 发表于 2012-9-3 06:33

that's great.