英汉词典

several 基本解释

• adj. 几个的；各自的
• pron. 几个；数个

several 中文词源

sever,切开，-al,形容词后缀。即切开的，引申词义切成几份的，一些的，几个的。

several 英文词源

several

several: [15] Etymologically, several means ‘separate’. It comes via Anglo-Norman several from medieval Latin sēparālis, a derivative of Latin sēpar ‘separate’. This in turn was formed from sēparāre ‘separate’ (source of English separate), whose Vulgar Latin descendant *sēperāre passed into English via Anglo- Norman severer as sever [14]. Several’s original sense ‘separate, individual’ survives in legal terminology, but it has been superseded in the general language by ‘many’, which emerged in the 16th and 17th centuries via ‘different, various’.
=> prepare, separate, sever

several (adj.)

early 15c., "existing apart," from Anglo-French several, from Middle French seperalis "separate," from Medieval Latin separalis, from Latin separ "separate, different," back-formation from separare "to separate" (see separate (v.)). Meaning "various, diverse, different" is attested from c. 1500; that of "more than one" is from 1530s, originally in legal use.

Here we are all, by day; by night we're hurled
By dreams, each one into a several world
[Herrick, 1648]

Related: Severalty. Jocular ordinal form severalth attested from 1902 in American English dialect (see -th (2)).

several 英文释义

1. considered individually;

"the respective club members"

"specialists in their several fields"

"the various reports all agreed"

2. distinct and individual;

"three several times"

3. (used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many;

"several letters came in the mail"

"several people were injured in the accident"

several 同义词解析

little, few, several

这几个词用作形容词时均含"少量的"之意。

little： 只修饰不可数名词，含否定意义。

few： 只修饰可数名词的复数形式，侧重指数量非常少，给人一种模糊概念，含否定意义。

several： 修饰可数名词的复数形式，指至少有3个，但不会超过5、6个。

several 双语例句

1. Several proposals are under consideration by the state assembly.

有几个提案州议会正在讨论中。

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2. He entered for many competitions, winning several gold medals.

他参加过多次比赛，赢得了数枚金牌。

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3. Several hundred workers struck in sympathy with their colleagues.

几百名工人罢工以声援他们的同事。

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4. She travels con-stantly, moving among her several residences around the world.

她经常旅行，穿梭于她在世界各地的多处住所。

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5. We felt we were living life on several different planes.

我们感到大家生活的精神层次各不相同。

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several 实用场景例句

Several letters arrived this morning.

今天上午来了几封信。

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He's written several books about India.

他写过几本关于印度的书。

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Several more people than usual came to the meeting.

到会的人比平时多了几个。

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If you're looking for a photo of Alice you'll find several in here.

你要是想找艾丽斯的照片的话，这儿有几张。

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Several of the paintings were destroyed in the fire.

那些画有好几幅被大火烧毁了。

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They said goodbye and went their several ways .

他们道别后，便各自走了。

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I had lived two doors away from this family for several years...

我和这家人是好几年的邻居了，中间就隔着两家。

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Several blue plastic boxes under the window were filled with record albums...

窗下的几个蓝色塑料盒里装满了唱片。

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I asked him several times, but he didn't say anything.

我问过他几遍, 他都没吱声.

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Several words were smeared.

好几个单词弄得模糊不清.

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These books fall into several categories.

这些书可分成几类.

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Only several goods left unsold.

只有几件商品未售出.

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The railway line follows the river for several miles.

铁路线沿着河流延伸几英里.

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This policy stretches across several different departments.

这项政策影响着几个不同的部门.

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When an atom of U 235 is split, several neutrons are set free.

一个铀235原子分裂时, 释放出几个中子.

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He made several attempts but none of them came off.

他进行了几次尝试,但却没成功.

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It took me several weeks to search out the book that I wanted.

我费了几个星期的时间才找到我需要的那本书.

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The grain store holds several thousand tonnes.

这个粮仓可以存放几千吨粮食.

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She sang several numbers from her latest album.

她唱了几首她近期唱片中的歌曲.

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There were several kids lolling around outside the club.

有几个小孩在俱乐部外面闲荡.

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Several women knelt down before the statue of Buddha and prayed.

几个妇女跪在佛像前祈祷.

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There are several solutions round this.

关于这一点有几个解决办法.

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Troops have been landed at several places.

部队已在几个地点登陆.

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Several branches had been lopped off ( the tree ).

( 从树上 ) 砍下了几条枝桠.

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My wife had laryngitis and lost her voice for several days.

我妻子患喉炎,噪子哑了好几天了.

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The draft was revised several times before it was finalized.

稿子几经删改才定下来.

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Several matters have cropped up at the same time.

几件事挤在一块儿了.

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