numerous
英 [ˈnjuː.mə.rəs]
美 [ˈnuː.mə.rəs]
将“numerous”分解为“numer”和“ous”。想象“numer”是一个计数的人,每次数到“ous”的时候,都显得非常多,从而形成“numerous”这个表示“许多的”概念的单词。
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numerous 大量的来自拉丁语numerus,数字,数量。比较numberless.
- numerous (adj.)
- early 15c., from Latin numerosus "numerous," from numerus "a number" (see number (n.)). Related: Numerosity.
- 1. The doctors gave numerous examples of patients being expelled from hospital.
- 医生们列举了大量病人被逐出医院的实例。
- 2. Scientific development meant the growth of numerous professions ancillary to medicine.
- 科技发展意味着许多医学衍生职业的增长。
- 3. This year numerous bands are playing, as well as comedy acts.
- 今年除了那些搞笑短剧外,还会有众多乐队登台献艺。
- 4. At six p.m. large groups poured from the numerous offices.
- 下午6点钟大群大群的人从无数办公楼里蜂拥而出。
- 5. Numerous attempts to persuade him to write his memoirs came to nought.
- 无数次劝他写回忆录的尝试均以失败告终。