| 单词 | disparate |
| 释义 | disparate (once / 2144 pages) adj The trunk of some people's cars may contain items as disparate as old clothes, rotting food, and possibly a missing relative. Disparate things are very different from each other. Near synonyms are unequal and dissimilar. The adjective disparate is from Latin disparātus, from disparāre "to separate, divide," from the prefix dis- "apart" plus parāre "to prepare." Disparate in the sense of "very different" probably developed by association with the Latin adjective dispar "unequal, different." WORD FAMILYdisparate: disparately, disparateness, disparity+/disparity: disparities USAGE EXAMPLESFused into abstractions, the disparate pieces yield paintings that are as eventful as epic Renaissance canvasses. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) There are also many smaller militias—the estimates of the disparate Syrian forces exceed one thousand—that are not signatories. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) According to the CDC, these disparities occur as a result of disparate environmental and social conditions, as well as limited access to health care. Slate(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing disparate ideas Syn different unlike in nature or quality or form or degree 2adj including markedly dissimilar elements a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers Syn heterogeneous, heterogenous consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature |
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