Vary
['veərɪ] or [´vεrrɪ]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) make something more diverse and varied; 'Vary the menu'.
(verb.) be subject to change in accordance with a variable; 'Prices vary'; 'His moods vary depending on the weather'.
手打:曼弗雷德--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties, proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions.
(v. t.) To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.
(v. t.) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
(v. t.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4.
(v. i.) To alter, or be altered, in any manner; to suffer a partial change; to become different; to be modified; as, colors vary in different lights.
(v. i.) To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of England.
(v. i.) To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another.
(v. i.) To deviate; to depart; to swerve; -- followed by from; as, to vary from the law, or from reason.
(v. i.) To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension; as, men vary in opinion.
(n.) Alteration; change.
編輯:路易斯
同義詞及近義詞:
n. a. [1]. Alter, change, modify, transform, transmute, metamorphose, make some change in.[2]. Diversify, variegate.
v. n. [1]. Alter, change, be changeable.[2]. Differ, be unlike, be different.[3]. Deviate, depart, swerve.
简錄入
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Alter, dissimilate, change, modify, variegate, diversify, differ, deviate,disagree
ANT:Perpetuate, stabilitate, assimilate, stereotype, harmonize, conform
埃米尔校對
解釋/意思:
v.t. to make different: to diversify modify: (mus.) to alter or embellish a melody preserving its identity: (Shak.) to express variously: to change to something else: to make of different kinds.—v.i. to alter or be altered: to be or become different: to change in succession: to deviate (with from): to disagree: (math.) to be subject to continual increase or decrease:—pa.t. and pa.p. vā′ried.—n. (Shak.) change.—adj. Vā′ried.—adv. Vā′riedly.—n. Vā′rier one who varies.
編輯:丽诺尔
例句/造句/用法:
- Homologous parts tend to vary in the same manner, and homologous parts tend to cohere. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- The only course is to try by all means, direct and indirect, to moderate and vary his occupations. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The profits of stock vary with the price of the commodities in which it is employed. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- First, the wages of labour vary with the ease or hardship, the cleanliness or dirtiness, the honourableness or dishonourableness, of the employment. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- They mark the close of power to vary. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- We have also formerly seen that parts many times repeated are eminently liable to vary, not only in number, but in form. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Secondly, the wages of labour vary with the easiness and cheapness, or the difficulty and expense, of learning the business. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The reactions were all varied in various people, but they followed a few great laws, and intrinsically there was no difference. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- If, then, it varied, natural selection would probably favour different varieties in the different islands. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- The same Signor Jupe was to 'enliven the varied performances at frequent intervals with his chaste Shaksperean quips and retorts. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- In his place has come the factory hand, nearly all footwear being now a product of machinery, and this of greatly varied and effective character. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Not in one case out of a hundred can we pretend to assign any reason why this or that part has varied. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- It must, however, be admitted that in many instances we cannot conjecture whether it was instinct or structure which first varied. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- His love never varied the least in the world, nor did we ever quarrel. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- In the story of this passion, too, the development varies: sometimes it is the glorious marriage, sometimes frustration and final parting. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The rent of land not only varies with its fertility, whatever be its produce, but with its situation, whatever be its fertility. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- In all the different employments of stock, the ordinary rate of profit varies more or less with the certainty or uncertainty of the returns. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The percentage of drop varies according to the quantity of copper used in conductors, both as to cross-section and length. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- When the steam pressure varies in this flat tube its coil expands or contracts, and in moving the index hand over the scale indicates the degree of pressure. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- He says: The mode of getting in the harvest varies considerably. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The period at which the perfect plumage is acquired varies, as does the state of the down with which the nestling birds are clothed when hatched. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- The motors are arranged under the cars in varying forms adapted to the structure of the car. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Commercial fertilizers generally contain nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash in amounts varying with the requirements of the soil. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- It will be seen, therefore, that this method of duplexing is practiced, not by varying the strength or polarity, but by sending TWO KINDS OF CURRENT over the wire. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The ability of the eye to adjust itself to varying distances is called accommodation. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- And the experience of each party loses in meaning, when the free interchange of varying modes of life-experience is arrested. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- On either side of the peninsula the Atlantic in varying mood lies extended in summer sunshine, or from its shroud of mist thunders o n the black cliffs and their time-sculptured sandstones. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Let (A) be a common, widely-diffused, and varying species, belonging to a genus large in its own country. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
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