several
several 英 [ˈsevrəl] 美 [ˈsɛvərəl,ˈsɛvrəl]
adj. 几个 pron. 几个；数个
- 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.
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- adj. 几个
- pron. 几个；数个
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1. Several letters arrived this morning.
今天上午来了几封信。
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2. He's written several books about India.
他写过几本关于印度的书。
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3. Several more people than usual came to the meeting.
到会的人比平时多了几个。
- several (adj.) early 15c., "existing apart," from Anglo-French several, from Middle French seperalis "separate," from Medieval Latin separalis, from Latin separ "separate, different," back-formation from separare "to pull apart," from se- "apart" (see secret (n.)) + parare "make ready, prepare" (from PIE root *pere-(1) "to produce, procure"). Meaning "various, diverse, different" is attested from c. 1500; that of "more than one" is from 1530s, originally in legal use. Related: Severalty. Jocular ordinal form severalth attested from 1902 in American English dialect (see -th (2)).
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