• adj. 幾個的；各自的
• pron. 幾個；數個

sever,切開，-al,形容詞后綴。即切開的，引申詞義切成幾份的，一些的，幾個的。

several

several: [15] Etymologically, several means ‘separate’. It comes via Anglo-Norman several from medieval Latin sēparālis, a derivative of Latin sēpar ‘separate’. This in turn was formed from sēparāre ‘separate’ (source of English separate), whose Vulgar Latin descendant *sēperāre passed into English via Anglo- Norman severer as sever [14]. Several’s original sense ‘separate, individual’ survives in legal terminology, but it has been superseded in the general language by ‘many’, which emerged in the 16th and 17th centuries via ‘different, various’.
=> prepare, separate, sever

several (adj.)

early 15c., "existing apart," from Anglo-French several, from Middle French seperalis "separate," from Medieval Latin separalis, from Latin separ "separate, different," back-formation from separare "to separate" (see separate (v.)). Meaning "various, diverse, different" is attested from c. 1500; that of "more than one" is from 1530s, originally in legal use.

Here we are all, by day; by night we're hurled
By dreams, each one into a several world
[Herrick, 1648]

Related: Severalty. Jocular ordinal form severalth attested from 1902 in American English dialect (see -th (2)).

1. Several proposals are under consideration by the state assembly.

有幾個提案州議會正在討論中。

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2. He entered for many competitions, winning several gold medals.

他參加過多次比賽，贏得了數枚金牌。

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3. Several hundred workers struck in sympathy with their colleagues.

幾百名工人罷工以聲援他們的同事。

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4. She travels con-stantly, moving among her several residences around the world.

她經常旅行，穿梭于她在世界各地的多處住所。

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5. We felt we were living life on several different planes.

我們感到大家生活的精神層次各不相同。

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