several

Word family

sev·er·al1 /ˈsevərəl/ S1 W1 determiner , pronoun

SOME/A FEWa number of people or things that is more than a few, but not a lot 几个，数个，一些

I visited him in Kansas several times.

我去堪萨斯州看过他几次。

Several people have volunteered to go.

几个人自前往。

several hundred/thousand etc

The bill came to several hundred pounds.

账单高达好几百英镑。

‘Have you read any of his books?’ ‘Yes, several.’

“你读过他的什么书吗？”“读过几本。”

several of

Several of her colleagues agreed with her decision.

同事中有几位同意她的决定。

We had to wait several more weeks before the results arrived.

我们还要再等几个星期才能拿到结果。

n THESAURUS

several more than a few people or things, but not a large number

She’s been to Japan several times.

I’ve read several of his books.

a number of something several. A number of sounds more formal than several

We have received a number of complaints about last night’s programme.

There are a number of different airlines to choose from.

quite a few several – used when emphasizing that there are rather a lot of people, things etc. Quite a few sounds more informal than several and is more commonly used in spoken English

Quite a few people were already in the pool.

She made quite a few enemies.

It took him quite a few days to make up his mind.

Examples from the Corpus

several hundred/thousand etc• There are several hundred drugs which could affect a person with a predisposition to seizures.• Independence reckons to sell several thousand on all the platforms during the year.• The students were re-examined at various times during junior high, and several hundred participants were followed into high school.• During the afternoon, several hundred protesters had marched downtown to take part in a peaceful rally.• Then came the Christmas Day massacre, by an Inkatha mob several hundred strong.• Davos accommodated several hundred tuberculosis patients and their supporting relatives long before Alpine skiing was invented.• What they see is the brute fact of several thousand uncounted votes that would have made a difference.

several2 adjectiveadj [only before noun, no comparative] formal

SEPARATEdifferent and separate 不同的，各自的，各别的 SYN respective

They shook hands and went their several ways (=went in different directions).

他们握了握手便各自走了。

—severally adverbadv

These issues can be considered severally, or as a whole.

这些问题可以分开考虑，也可以综合起来考虑。

Examples from the Corpus

several• Business partners have a joint and several liability where taxes are concerned.

Origin several2

(1400-1500) Anglo-French Medieval Latin separalis, from Latin separare; → SEPARATE2