| 单词 | heterogeneous |
| 释义 | heterogeneous (once / 2935 pages) adj Heterogeneous can be used to describe the diversity of nearly anything — populations, classrooms, collections. A heterogeneous array of immigrants passed through Ellis Island to help create the American "melting pot." An easy way to remember the meaning of this word is that homo is the same and hetero is different. So, a homogeneous group of puppies might consist of apricot-colored poodles, while a heterogeneous group might consist of a hodgepodge of different pups ranging from dachshunds to dalmatians. Anytime you are confronted with a group whose members are not all similar to one another, you have an opportunity to trot out heterogeneous. WORD FAMILYheterogeneous: heterogeneity, heterogeneously, heterogeneousness+/heterogeneity: heterogeneities USAGE EXAMPLESLatin America, in general, is looking much more politically heterogeneous: There are leftist, centrist, and rightist governments currently in power. Slate(Dec 07, 2016) In many ways, it’s a more accurate portrait of the fluid, heterogeneous United States than any novel, film or play could hope to be. The Guardian(Nov 24, 2016) That’s the period in which I have lived in Chinatown, and in which I started noticing the neighborhood’s unique and heterogeneous trash footprint. The New Yorker(Sep 21, 2016) 1adj consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous Syn|Ant heterogenous diversified having variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundryconsisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds disparateincluding markedly dissimilar elements inhomogeneous, nonuniformnot homogeneous differentunlike in nature or quality or form or degree variedcharacterized by variety homogeneous, homogenous all of the same or similar kind or nature undiversifiednot diversified consistent, uniformthe same throughout in structure or composition solidof one substance or character throughout self-colored, self-coloured, solidof the same color throughout homogenised, homogenizedmade homogeneous uniform, unvaryingalways the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences sameclosely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree 2adj originating outside the body Syn|Ant heterogenous autogenic, autogenous originating within the body self-generated, self-producedoriginating from the self self-inducedbrought about by yourself |
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