het·er·o·ge·ne·ous
adjective/ˌhetərəˈdʒiːniəs/
/ˌhetərəˈdʒiːniəs/
(formal)- consisting of many different kinds of people or things
由很多种类组成的;各种各样的 - the heterogeneous population of the United States
由不同族裔组成的美国人口
Extra Examples- a fairly heterogeneous group of students
一群相当不同质的学生 - socially heterogeneous individuals
社会异质个体
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHeterogeneous is used with these nouns:- collection
- group
- population
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin heterogeneus, from Greek heterogenēs, from heteros ‘other’ + genos ‘a kind’. - the heterogeneous population of the United States