several
英 [ˈsevrəl]
美 [ˈsevrəl]
det./pron. 几个; 数个; 一些
adj. 各自的; 分别的
Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.389 / COCA.310
同义词辨析
a fewa number ofseveralsome【导航词义：一些】
a fewadj. 一些，几个
〔辨析〕
在数量上用于肯定意义，强调有一些，后接复数可数名词。
〔例证〕
I have a few friends in New York.
我在纽约有几个朋友。
I have saved a few chocolates for the children.
我留了一些巧克力糖给孩子们。
我在纽约有几个朋友。
I have saved a few chocolates for the children.
我留了一些巧克力糖给孩子们。
a number of许多…，若干…
〔辨析〕
强调数量的概念，也可说 a large/small number of, 后接复数可数名词，谓语动词用复数。
〔例证〕
There are a number of chairs in the hall.
大厅里有一些椅子。
A large number of children survived the earthquake.
不少孩子从地震中幸存了下来。
A small number of students at this college are studying electronics.
这所学院里有少数学生在学电子学。
大厅里有一些椅子。
A large number of children survived the earthquake.
不少孩子从地震中幸存了下来。
A small number of students at this college are studying electronics.
这所学院里有少数学生在学电子学。
severaladj. 几个，数个
〔辨析〕
相对于 a few，some 而言较为正式，一般只能用于肯定句，强调“不止一两个”，后接复数可数名词。
〔例证〕
She raises several pigs.
她养了好几头猪。
After several visits to Beijing, she had learned a little Chinese.
数次访问北京后，她学会了一点汉语。
There are several holes in the wall.
墙上有几个洞。
她养了好几头猪。
After several visits to Beijing, she had learned a little Chinese.
数次访问北京后，她学会了一点汉语。
There are several holes in the wall.
墙上有几个洞。
someadj. 一些，若干
〔辨析〕
带有不确定性，多用于肯定句中，后接复数可数名词或不可数名词。
〔例证〕
Some co-workers attended his party.
一些同事参加了他的聚会。
He has been gone for some time.
他已经离开一段时间了。
He saved some apples for his children.
他给孩子们留了些苹果。
一些同事参加了他的聚会。
He has been gone for some time.
他已经离开一段时间了。
He saved some apples for his children.
他给孩子们留了些苹果。
牛津词典
det.
pron.
- 几个；数个；一些
more than two but not very many- Several letters arrived this morning.
今天上午来了几封信。 - He's written several books about India.
他写过几本关于印度的书。 - Several more people than usual came to the meeting.
到会的人比平时多了几个。 - If you're looking for a photo of Alice you'll find several in here.
你要是想找艾丽斯的照片的话，这儿有几张。 - Several of the paintings were destroyed in the fire.
那些画有好几幅被大火烧毁了。
- Several letters arrived this morning.
adj.
- 各自的；分别的
separate- They said goodbye and went their several ways .
他们道别后，便各自走了。
- They said goodbye and went their several ways .
柯林斯词典
- DET 几个;数个;一些
Severalis used to refer to an imprecise number of people or things that is not large but is greater than two.- 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。 - Severalis 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。 - Severalis 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 had lived two doors away from this family for several years...
双语例句
- Several of the lights went out, one after another.
其中几盏灯一个接一个地熄灭了。 - Several aircrafts were intercepted and brought down.
有几架飞机遭到拦截，被击落了。 - For several years I kept in touch with her.
几年来，我一直和她保持联系。 - Over the next several months I met most of her family
在后来的几个月里，我见到了她的大部分家人。 - We received several answers, and we picked one at random.
我们收到了一些答复，并从中随机挑选了一个。 - Several colleges in our study have rigid rules about student conduct
在我们的研究中，有几所大学制定了严格的学生行为规则。 - In these and several other respects, there are many inventions and exaggerations
在这些方面和其他几个方面都存在许多捏造与夸张之处。 - The country appears to be violating several articles of the convention.
这个国家看起来违反了公约中的好几项条款。 - There we received several weeks of intensive training.
在那里我们受了几星期的集中训练。 - But many leaders have invested their ill-gotten gains in several different countries.
但很多领导者已把他们的非法所得投资到了几个不同的国家。