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difference

英 ['dɪf(ə)r(ə)ns] 美['dɪfrəns]

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n. 差异；不同；争执

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In some ways, you probably go through that process after a big event like your wedding day – but the difference is that thanks to their other psychological tendencies, the HSAM subjects are doing it day in, day out, for the whole of their lives.

Whenever she called her parents or other relatives, she always had to think about the time difference so that she wouldn’t wake someone up or call when she knew they were at church.

We thought we would see differences based on the housing types, said the lead author of the study, Julie Robison, an associate professor of medicine at the university.

This is especially interesting when you consider that younger people are generally more interested in travelrelated technologies than older onesWhen it comes to driverless cars, differences in attitude are more pronounced based on factors not related to age.

Obviously there are cultural differences, but if you were talking to another person and they came up close in your personal space, you wouldn't think that's the kind of thing a properly brought-up person would do.

It is not the housing type, they found, that creates differences in residents' responses.

But when the researchers plugged in a number of other variables, such differences disappeared.

And that the characteristics adult children look for when they begin the search are not necessarily the things that make a difference to the people who are going to move in.

It is utterly confusing to me that people do not recognize this, despite the fact that pretty much anyone who has been a student can tell the difference between their best and worst teachers.

But with the new rules in France, U.S. support could make a difference.

Try to make up the differences.

cultural differences often tear apart a family built on romantic love

There were also differences in the most popular outdoor pursuits between the three countries.

It can develop between people with a big difference in income.

We don't choose friends on the basis of how much money they have, of course, but lots of differences can be disturbing to both sides

Many men and women have long bought into the idea that there are "male" and "female" brains, believing that explains just about every difference between the sexes.

Oh, I don't know, what's the difference?

The difference lies in whether the project is in a sense defined and developed by the student or whether it's assigned by a teacher.

This difference in handling conflict could be the deciding factor on who gets promoted to a leadership position and who does not.

We also found that the kind of surface made a difference as well.

Whenever she called her parents or other relatives, she always had to think about the time difference so that she wouldn't wake someone up or call when she knew they were at church.

The increasing differences in child rearing between rich and poor families reflect growing social inequality.

The class differences in child rearing are growing—a symptom of widening inequality with far-reaching consequences.

Some socioeconomic differences in child rearing have shrunk in the past ten years.

Social scientists say the differences arise in part because low-income parents have less money to spend on music class or preschool, and less flexible schedules to take children to museums or attend school events.

In the past decade, even as income inequality has grown, some of the socioeconomic differences in parenting, like reading to children and going to libraries, have narrowed.

Extracurricular activities reflect the differences in child rearing in the Pew survey, which was of a nationally representative sample of 1,807 parents.

Addressing differences in the earliest years, it seems, could reduce inequality in the next generation.

There's solid evidence that there are huge differences in the effectiveness of teachers.

There're steps we can take that would make some difference, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel is trying some of them—yet the union is resisting.

Contrary to some stereotypes, most adolescents believe they must be tolerant of differences among individuals ( ' , though they do not always find this easy in the cliquish ( ' , 拉帮结派的) environment of high school).

Researchers at Duke University scrutinized more than 160 published studies and found an absence of strong evidence that any of these approaches can make a big difference.

In one example that demonstrated genetic differences were not fixed along racial lines, the full genomes ( ' , 基因组 ) of James Watson and Craig Venter, two famous American scientists of European ancestry, were compared to that of a Korean scientist, Seong-Jin Kim.

E.B.Du Bois was concerned that race was being used as a biological explanation for what he understood to be social and cultural differences between different populations of people.

Assumptions about genetic differences between people of different races could be particularly dangerous in a medical setting.

We hope you enjoy the series about how you can make a difference by becoming a social worker.

On this task, they found large differences.

A recent study, conducted by Emory University's Erika Hall, found that Black people are viewed more negatively than African Americans because of a perceived difference in socioeconomic status.

A recent study, conducted by Emory University's Erika Hall, found that " Black " people are viewed more negatively than " African Americans " because of a perceived difference in socioeconomic status.

I know it's the end of high school, but many of my classmates are going on to the same university and we are still required to study hard, so what's the difference?

In the meantime, 70-year-old Corliss Keith, who was in the high protein group in Starr's latest study, says the feels a big difference.

On the less cute and more scary side there is Actroid F, which is so human-like that some patients may not know the difference.

The big difference between "drought-tolerant" plants and these tough plants: metabolism.

This little bit of support can sometimes make a big difference.

This mood switch made no difference to the three-month-olds; but for the nine-month-olds, it was enough to renew their interest and they started looking again in the direction of the face.

This suggests that babies of that age can tell the difference between a happy melody and a sad tune.

Another study of 302 volunteers at hospitals in Chicago focused on individual differences in the degree to which people view "volunteer" as an important social role.

Before birth, babies can tell the difference between loud sounds and voices.

But one difference: fewer of this year's graduates have started to search for jobs.

But there's a difference between being a victim and living with a "victim mentality".

Despite their many differences, all human beings share several defining characteristics.

Hannah is one of many examples of young people who are making a difference in the world.

He began studying them, trying to learn the differences between the birds and noticing their different behaviors.

He told us to consider the difference in the price "an early wedding present".

However, there is a very important difference between wanting to do something and applying for something.

"I knew it was the difference between life and death," says Taylor.

Ignoring the difference between the two research findings will be one of the worst mistakes you make.

Little people can make a big difference.

One important biological factor that helps women live longer is the difference in hormones between men and women.

Since then, many scientists have thought that our actions do make a difference.

The city planner decided to build an underground drainage system, but there simply wasn't enough difference between the height of the ground level and the water level.

The differences between weak and strong links in food webs.

The friendship that grew out of the experience of making that film and the sting four years later had its root in the fact that although there was an age difference, we both came from a tradition of theater and live TV.

The researchers also found that IQ and family social and economic class made no real difference in how the boys turned out.

They have a different kind of superpower that all of US possess: the power to make a difference in the lives of others.

We can achieve a lot when we learn to let our differences unite, rather than divide us.

Whatever she says will not make any difference to our arrangements.

You may have the opportunity to make your biggest difference when you're older.

There is a marked difference between the education which every one gets from living with others, and the deliberate educating of the young.

Closer inspection reveals important differences among the biggest national markets, especially in their customer segments and wholesale structures, as well as the competitive dynamics of individual food and drink categories.

Big retailers must understand these differences before they can identify the segments of European wholesaling in which their particular abilities might unseat smaller but entrenched competitors.

But what will be the nature of that difference? Merely expanding the orchestra’s repertoire will not be enough.

The difference between today’s workplace and the “dress for success” era is that the range of options is so much broader.

But what will be the nature of that difference?

But with homework counting for no more than 10% of their grades, students can easily skip half their homework and see very little difference on their report cards.

Epley found no significant gender difference in responses.

The difference between today's workplace and the "dress for success" era is that the range of options is so much broader.

Their clever designs and lightweight composites certainly make a difference.

We know the difference between voluntary and involuntary part-time employment because people tell us.