several
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈsev.ər.əl]
- 美式音标 [ˈsɛvərəl,ˈsɛvrəl]
- 国际音标 ['sevərəl]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- pron.若干
- adj.几个的;若干的;各自的
词源解说
- 1422年进入英语,直接源自盎格鲁法语的seperalis,意为分开的;最初源自古典拉丁语的separe,意为分开的。
用法辨析
- several用作形容词,作“几个,数个,一些”解时,多指三个以上,十个以下,其后接复数名词,一般用于肯定句中; 作“各自的,不同的”解时,其后可接复数名词,也可接单数名词,但如果其前有each或every修饰时,其后则只能接单数名词。
- several与被other, such, more等词修饰的名词连用时,通常放在这些词前。
- several用作代词作主语时,谓语动词用复数形式。
- several可接of短语,如果of后接名词,在名词前则要有定冠词the、物主代词或指示代词等限定词。
adj. (形容词)
pron. (代词)
英汉例句
- I go there several times each year.
我每年去那里几次。 - Several have given their consent.
有几个人已表示同意。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
用作代词 (pron.)
词组短语
- several bicycles 几辆自行车
- several occasions 不同的场合
- several people 几个人
- several ways 各自的路
- several obligation 按份之债
- several weeks 数周;几星期;好几个周;星期几
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
短语
英英字典
- some; an amount that is not exact but is fewer than many
- separate or different
- Several is used to refer to a number of people or things that is not large but is greater than two.
- Several is also a quantifier.
- Several is also a pronoun.
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专业释义
- 非连带(负担)的;个别的
- 个别
- 几个