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- different from one another; of different kinds or sorts不同的; 各种各样的：
dresses of various colours
不同颜色的衣服
his grievances were many and various.
他有很多各种各样的委屈。
1.1
- having or showing different properties or qualities有不同特性的; 有差异的：
their environments are locally various.
他们的环境有局部差异。
- more than one; individual and separate不止一个的; 各别的：
as determiner various people arrived late许多人都迟到了
as pronoun various of her friends had called.她的许多朋友都打来过电话。
USAGE
In standard English the word various is normally used as an adjective and determiner. It is sometimes also used as a pronoun followed by of, as in various of her friends had called. Although this pronoun use is similar to that of words such as several and many （e.g. several of her friends had called）, it is sometimes regarded as incorrect.
派生词
variousness
noun词源
late Middle English: from Latin varius 'changing, diverse' + -OUS.