several
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [?sev.?r.?l]
- 美式音標 [?s?v?r?l,?s?vr?l]
- 國際音標 ['sev?r?l]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- pron.若干
- adj.幾個的；若干的；各自的
詞源解說
- 1422年進入英語，直接源自盎格魯法語的seperalis，意為分開的；最初源自古典拉丁語的separe，意為分開的。
用法辨析
- several用作形容詞,作“幾個,數(shù)個,一些”解時,多指三個以上,十個以下,其后接復數(shù)名詞,一般用于肯定句中; 作“各自的,不同的”解時,其后可接復數(shù)名詞,也可接單數(shù)名詞,但如果其前有each或every修飾時,其后則只能接單數(shù)名詞。
- several與被other, such, more等詞修飾的名詞連用時,通常放在這些詞前。
- several用作代詞作主語時,謂語動詞用復數(shù)形式。
- several可接of短語,如果of后接名詞,在名詞前則要有定冠詞the、物主代詞或指示代詞等限定詞。
adj. (形容詞)
pron. (代詞)
英漢例句
- I go there several times each year.
我每年去那里幾次。 - Several have given their consent.
有幾個人已表示同意。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作定語: ～+ n.
用作代詞 (pron.)
詞組短語
- several bicycles 幾輛自行車
- several occasions 不同的場合
- several people 幾個人
- several ways 各自的路
- several obligation 按份之債
- several weeks 數(shù)周;幾星期;好幾個周;星期幾
用作形容詞 (adj.)
～+名詞
短語
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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柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 非連帶(負擔)的；個別的
- 個別
- 幾個