单词 | various |
释义 | various (once / 48 pages) adj Various describes several different kinds of things, like a candy shop that is home to various sweets, from lollipops to chocolate fudge. Various comes from the Latin word varius, meaning "changing, different, diverse." If you have various interests, you have a lot of them, and they represent a range — you might love hip hop, movies from the 1940s, fixing cars, and reading fashion magazines. Various can convey a high number, like when you say, "Various people want to get involved with the park clean-up." This means a lot of people want to help. WORD FAMILYvarious: variousest, variously USAGE EXAMPLES“His actors unfold the drama in their very appearances and, as the chic and malevolent plot thickens, so do their various attitudes.” New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) Nearly every governor after Brewer called on him to serve on various state commissions and task forces. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) In the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration is testing various counter-drone technologies at several airports. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj having great diversity or variety his various achievements are impressive Syn versatile varied characterized by variety 2adj distinctly dissimilar or unlike animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth Syn diverse different unlike in nature or quality or form or degree 3adj considered individually the various reports all agreed Syn respective, several individual, single being or characteristic of a single thing or person 4adj of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity his disguises are many and various various experiments have failed to disprove the theory cited various reasons for his behavior Syn assorted different unlike in nature or quality or form or degree |
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