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several pron.若干adj.几个的；若干的；各自的 (1) 我昨天买了好几本书。(2) 我丈夫有好几件颜色不同的衬衫。(3) 那个政权一直是受到若干垄断资本家的支持而维持着的。(4) 他们握了手,然后各自走各的路。 Several is a word that shows size or number when you can’t be specific or when you want to summarize. If three, four, or five of you hang out, then you're spending time with several friends. Inviting 30 people over and telling your parents that several friends stopped by would be stretching the truth and you might get grounded. For how many weeks? Possibly several.

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英 ['sevrəl] 美 ['sevrəl] (1) I bought several books yesterday.(2) My husband has several shirts of different colors.(3) The regime has been propped up by several monopoly capitalists.(4) They shook hands and went their several ways. Two is a "couple" and more than two or three is several. If you eat four donuts you can say you had several but you may have had too many — especially if you get a stomach-ache. 1[DET 限定词]几个；数个；一些 Several is used to refer to an imprecise number of people or things that is not large but is greater than two.   [DET pl-n]  [QUANT of pl-n]I had lived two doors away from this family for several years...我和这家人是好几年的邻居了，中间就隔着两家。Several blue plastic boxes under the window were filled with record albums...窗下的几个蓝色塑料盒里装满了唱片。Several hundred students gathered on campus.几百名学生聚集在校园里。Several is also a quantifier.Several of the delays were caused by the new high-tech baggage system...几次延误都是由新的高科技行李传送系统造成的。According to several of their friends, their 25-year marriage has suffered some difficulties.据他们的几个朋友说，他们 25 年的婚姻经历了一些磨难。Several is also a pronoun.No one drug will suit or work for everyone and sometimes several may have to be tried...没有一种药品是对每个人都适用或都有效的，有时候可能得多试几种药。Ben's case is not unique but one of several I have come up against during the past few years.本的案子并不特殊，我在过去的几年中也碰到了几起这样的案子。

英语单词	several
英美音标	英 ['sevrəl] 美 ['sevrəl]
中文释义	pron.若干 adj.几个的；若干的；各自的
英语例句	(1) I bought several books yesterday. (2) My husband has several shirts of different colors. (3) The regime has been propped up by several monopoly capitalists. (4) They shook hands and went their several ways.
中文例句	(1) 我昨天买了好几本书。 (2) 我丈夫有好几件颜色不同的衬衫。 (3) 那个政权一直是受到若干垄断资本家的支持而维持着的。 (4) 他们握了手,然后各自走各的路。
vocabulary简明	Two is a "couple" and more than two or three is several. If you eat four donuts you can say you had several but you may have had too many — especially if you get a stomach-ache.
vocabulary扩展	Several is a word that shows size or number when you can’t be specific or when you want to summarize. If three, four, or five of you hang out, then you're spending time with several friends. Inviting 30 people over and telling your parents that several friends stopped by would be stretching the truth and you might get grounded. For how many weeks? Possibly several.
柯林斯解释	1 [DET 限定词]几个；数个；一些 Several is used to refer to an imprecise number of people or things that is not large but is greater than two. [DET pl-n] [QUANT of pl-n] I had lived two doors away from this family for several years... 我和这家人是好几年的邻居了，中间就隔着两家。 Several blue plastic boxes under the window were filled with record albums... 窗下的几个蓝色塑料盒里装满了唱片。 Several hundred students gathered on campus. 几百名学生聚集在校园里。 Several is also a quantifier. Several of the delays were caused by the new high-tech baggage system... 几次延误都是由新的高科技行李传送系统造成的。 According to several of their friends, their 25-year marriage has suffered some difficulties. 据他们的几个朋友说，他们 25 年的婚姻经历了一些磨难。 Several is also a pronoun. No one drug will suit or work for everyone and sometimes several may have to be tried... 没有一种药品是对每个人都适用或都有效的，有时候可能得多试几种药。 Ben's case is not unique but one of several I have come up against during the past few years. 本的案子并不特殊，我在过去的几年中也碰到了几起这样的案子。

I Number People Pl N 英 Sevrəl] 美 Sevrəl Pron.若干