more than two but not many 几个,数个 [as determiner]the author of several books. 写了几本书的作者。 [as pronoun]the programme is one of several in the UK. 这项目是在英国的几个项目中的一个。 several of his friends attended. 他的好几个朋友出席了。
adjective
separate or respective 各自的,分别的 the two levels of government sort out their several responsibilities. 两级政府理清它们各自的职责。 ■(Law)applied or regarded separately (律)单独,各个。 常与 joint 相对
派生 severally adverb 语源
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from medieval Latin separalis, from Latin separ 'separate, different'