| 释义 |
several /sev"euhr euhl, sev"reuhl/, adj. 1. being more than two but fewer than many in number or kind: several ways of doing it. 2. respective; individual: They went their several ways. 3. separate; different: several occasions. 4. single; particular. 5. Law. binding two or more persons who may be sued separately on a common obligation. n. 6. several persons or things; a few; some. [1375-1425; late ME < AF < ML separalis, equiv. to L separ separate + -alis -AL1] |