单词 | diversity |
释义 | diversity (once / 919 pages) n When there's diversity, there's variety. Often, this word is used for diversity of race, class, or gender. To have diversity, you need a mix of whatever you're talking about. If you like science fiction, romantic comedies, cartoons, and action movies, then you like a diversity of types of films. If you like nothing but kung fu films, then you don't like a diversity of films. No matter what kind of diversity you're talking about, there needs to be a real mix, kind of like a huge box of Crayolas. WORD FAMILYdiversity: diversities+/diverse: diversely, diverseness, diverser, diversity USAGE EXAMPLESThe marching bands were the very soul of diversity. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) The broadcaster commissioned British photographer Martin Parr to "capture an evolving portrait of modern Britain in all its diversity" for 2017. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) “I don’t think diversity is a political statement,” she said. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1n noticeable heterogeneity a diversity of possibilities Syn|Hypo|Hyper diverseness, multifariousness, variety biodiversity the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole) heterogeneity, heterogeneousness the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind 2n the condition or result of being changeable Hyper condition, status a state at a particular time |
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