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单词 disparate
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Definition of disparate in English:

disparate

adjective ˈdɪsp(ə)rət
  • 1Essentially different in kind; not able to be compared.

    they inhabit disparate worlds of thought
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He saw too how the disparate elements of travel might be packaged.
    • The crux of the difference between humans and machines is the disparate ways that we prune this tree.
    • In this group divergent ontogenies transform disparate larvae into similar adults.
    • At the root of differing transatlantic views of nature were utterly disparate sagas of land settlement.
    • He teases his viewers with disparate elements that are not always easy to identify.
    • Here the demand, however, is very diffuse, confused, composed of disparate elements.
    • Hopefully the disparate threads will be able to come together in the fourth and last volume of the show.
    • He compartmentalises the disparate aspects of his life and shifts gears between them on the spot, rarely looking back.
    • What the home was lacking was a unified palette to warm the spaces and draw together disparate elements.
    • Or that the quests of the motley participants were too disparate to find common ground.
    • The difference between those and these findings may be due the disparate methodologies used.
    • Heading into the home straight, all these disparate elements finally come together.
    • This difference is due to the disparate methods for describing the bond dissociation rate.
    • For us to succeed, it is essential for disparate groups to work together to achieve these common goals.
    • If you're able to query these disparate data sources, you then must be able to combine them.
    • Her career charts an interesting course between the disparate poles of her attraction.
    • Unusually, he shares his trade secrets by illustrating many of the disparate elements that inspire him.
    • He moved comfortably between the two disparate and contradictory worlds of the frontier.
    • There was one thing that tied the disparate elements together - they were all pro-intervention.
    • One, with strongly racist overtones, links three disparate elements.
    Synonyms
    contrasting, different, differing, dissimilar, unlike, unalike, poles apart
    varying, various, diverse, diversified, heterogeneous, unrelated, unconnected, distinct, separate, divergent
    literary divers, myriad
    rare contrastive
    1. 1.1 Containing elements very different from one another.
      a culturally disparate country
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We will have the most disparate and diverse opposition in the Dáil for nearly 50 years.
      • But it has really hit a nerve with a disparate, diverse audience from all walks of life.
      • Their action is made more dynamic by the free movement of ideas across a diverse and disparate network.
      • There is also the question of disparate impact, particularly upon minorities and the poor.
      • Instead, the exhibition drew out some of the common themes and ideas that emerged in what was a disparate group of works.
      • Like the time you handled a disgruntled team of disparate personalities while doing a college project.
      • Communities seem friendly but disparate, and privacy and isolation seem to be central to an Icelander's style of life.
      • Not surprisingly, this vast and disparate cast of characters is hard pressed to agree on so vast and disparate an agenda.
      • But it seems our aesthetic is so fractured, so disparate now that there's no common thread, no anchor to hang on to.
      • The Internet is an electrified reflection of the disparate world we live in.
      • A disparate band of Hollywood approved odd-bods head off into the jungle.
      • The recent performance of ‘The Island’ in London was attended by a wide and disparate audience.
      • A botched kidnapping brings together a disparate group of characters in this Norwegian black comedy.
      • You would think this was a switch doomed from the start, given the completely disparate nature of the two jobs.
      • A party of disparate membership, it was united against the rule of the KMT when in opposition.
      • The medium of television has only increased the power of sports to be a shared experience among a disparate population.
      • The men they all have to impress, however, are quite a disparate bunch.
      • Its strength is not disavowed by its disparate and often contrary nature.
      • Ruef has found that disparate information and its transmission are keys to innovation.
      • Alexander wants to encourage a consensus among this disparate body of men and women, harnessing their talents for the good of the nation.
noun ˈdɪsp(ə)rət
disparatesarchaic
  • Things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The second class of disparates have more to do with the particular foibles of the aperture involved.
    • Here live disparates, renegades and various isolationists who don't want to join the greater Namqua society.

Derivatives

  • disparately

  • adverb
    • Nevertheless, because cable viewing is so disparately spread into comparatively small audience groups, it is difficult for critics to cover specific networks regularly.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And what in the world is the connection between those disparately eclectic events, I can hear folks asking from many and varied locations.
      • I think it's the duty of any serious reader to read as widely and as disparately as they can.
      • But schools cannot hide behind test scores; instead, they must also examine how policies and procedures disparately impact the recruitment of minority students.
      • Accordingly, if the government introduces a measure which proves to have a disparately adverse impact on women, the government is under a duty to take reasonable steps to monitor the working of the measure.
  • disparateness

  • noun
    • This is not helped by the rather haphazard arrangement of images in the catalogue, edited by the show's curator, Jan Marsh, who admits that its disparateness is both a strength and weakness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But as any music critic will tell you, diversity and disparateness doesn't equal interesting stories.
      • Its disparateness is strongly confirmed by a household sample survey conducted by the council.
      • That Arthur's individuality emerges from the very disparateness of his internal ‘geography’ seems at odds with a concept of individuality that would emerge from within Williams's knowable community.
      • The disparateness of Euripides' theatrical imagination plays to that expectation.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin disparatus 'separated', from the verb disparare, from dis- 'apart' + parare 'to prepare'; influenced in sense by Latin dispar 'unequal'.

  • apparatus from early 17th century:

    This is a Latin word, from apparare ‘make ready for’, from parare ‘make ready’. Other words going back to parare include disparate (Late Middle English), ‘prepared apart’; pare (Middle English); prepare (Late Middle English) ‘prepare in advance’; and separate (Late Middle English) from se- ‘apart’ and parare.

 
 

Definition of disparate in US English:

disparate

adjective
  • 1Essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison.

    they inhabit disparate worlds of thought
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her career charts an interesting course between the disparate poles of her attraction.
    • Here the demand, however, is very diffuse, confused, composed of disparate elements.
    • He moved comfortably between the two disparate and contradictory worlds of the frontier.
    • He compartmentalises the disparate aspects of his life and shifts gears between them on the spot, rarely looking back.
    • If you're able to query these disparate data sources, you then must be able to combine them.
    • Unusually, he shares his trade secrets by illustrating many of the disparate elements that inspire him.
    • Hopefully the disparate threads will be able to come together in the fourth and last volume of the show.
    • For us to succeed, it is essential for disparate groups to work together to achieve these common goals.
    • What the home was lacking was a unified palette to warm the spaces and draw together disparate elements.
    • He teases his viewers with disparate elements that are not always easy to identify.
    • At the root of differing transatlantic views of nature were utterly disparate sagas of land settlement.
    • Heading into the home straight, all these disparate elements finally come together.
    • He saw too how the disparate elements of travel might be packaged.
    • The crux of the difference between humans and machines is the disparate ways that we prune this tree.
    • There was one thing that tied the disparate elements together - they were all pro-intervention.
    • Or that the quests of the motley participants were too disparate to find common ground.
    • This difference is due to the disparate methods for describing the bond dissociation rate.
    • In this group divergent ontogenies transform disparate larvae into similar adults.
    • The difference between those and these findings may be due the disparate methodologies used.
    • One, with strongly racist overtones, links three disparate elements.
    Synonyms
    contrasting, different, differing, dissimilar, unlike, unalike, poles apart
    1. 1.1 Containing elements very different from one another.
      a culturally disparate country
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But it has really hit a nerve with a disparate, diverse audience from all walks of life.
      • But it seems our aesthetic is so fractured, so disparate now that there's no common thread, no anchor to hang on to.
      • The men they all have to impress, however, are quite a disparate bunch.
      • A botched kidnapping brings together a disparate group of characters in this Norwegian black comedy.
      • Not surprisingly, this vast and disparate cast of characters is hard pressed to agree on so vast and disparate an agenda.
      • Its strength is not disavowed by its disparate and often contrary nature.
      • We will have the most disparate and diverse opposition in the Dáil for nearly 50 years.
      • The recent performance of ‘The Island’ in London was attended by a wide and disparate audience.
      • Ruef has found that disparate information and its transmission are keys to innovation.
      • The medium of television has only increased the power of sports to be a shared experience among a disparate population.
      • Alexander wants to encourage a consensus among this disparate body of men and women, harnessing their talents for the good of the nation.
      • The Internet is an electrified reflection of the disparate world we live in.
      • Like the time you handled a disgruntled team of disparate personalities while doing a college project.
      • Instead, the exhibition drew out some of the common themes and ideas that emerged in what was a disparate group of works.
      • A party of disparate membership, it was united against the rule of the KMT when in opposition.
      • Communities seem friendly but disparate, and privacy and isolation seem to be central to an Icelander's style of life.
      • There is also the question of disparate impact, particularly upon minorities and the poor.
      • You would think this was a switch doomed from the start, given the completely disparate nature of the two jobs.
      • A disparate band of Hollywood approved odd-bods head off into the jungle.
      • Their action is made more dynamic by the free movement of ideas across a diverse and disparate network.
noun
disparatesarchaic
  • Things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The second class of disparates have more to do with the particular foibles of the aperture involved.
    • Here live disparates, renegades and various isolationists who don't want to join the greater Namqua society.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin disparatus ‘separated’, from the verb disparare, from dis- ‘apart’ + parare ‘to prepare’; influenced in sense by Latin dispar ‘unequal’.

 
 
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