单词 | diverse |
释义 | diverse (once / 441 pages) adj A diverse group is made up of people or things that are very different from each other. If your class mixes kids from all over the world, you could call it diverse. The adjective diversified has the same meaning, and a near synonym is varied. An earlier spelling of the English adjective was divers, and the final –e was probably added by association with words such as traverse and converse. The word divers is still in use in the sense "more than one, several, various:" divers methods and styles. WORD FAMILYdiverse: diversely, diverseness, diverser, diversity+/diversity: diversities USAGE EXAMPLESFew athletes might be as prepared for a life after basketball than Kobe, a man of diverse interests and immense worldwide popularity. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Last year's victor was Jack Garratt, who praised the "very diverse" range of acts on the 2017 list, and encouraged fans to embrace new talent. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) But the Puget Sound economy is much more diverse today and firing on all cylinders. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj distinctly dissimilar or unlike celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan Syn various different unlike in nature or quality or form or degree 2adj many and different a person of diverse talents Syn divers different unlike in nature or quality or form or degree |
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