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/ˈsev(ə)rəl/ |
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1 | a number of people or things that is more than two or three , but not many 几个;一些 |
| The strike lasted for several days. 罢工持续了好几天。 |
| He had been warned several times about speeding. 他因超速已被警告过数次。 |
| Tobin wrote several books, including Decision of Destiny. 托宾写过几本书,其中包括《命运的决定》。 |
| The cough was one of her several nervous habits. 咳嗽是她紧张时的几个习惯表现之一。 |
| There are only nine men in the programme, but several have drug problems. 这个项目里只有9个男人,但好几个都吸毒。 |
| +of Several of the passengers were badly injured. 好几位乘客受了重伤。 |
| several hundred/thousand etc City officials have lost several hundred thousand dollars in bad investments. 市政府官员因投资不善已损失了数十万美元。 |
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2 | only before noun literary various or separate 各自的;不同的 |
| They departed and went their several ways. 他们分道扬镳,各奔前程去了。 |
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3 | legal relating to individual people separately 个人的 |
| joint and several liability 连带责任 |
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