different from one another; of different kinds or sorts 不同的;各种各样的 dresses of various colours. 不同颜色的衣服。 his grievances were many and various. 他有很多各种各样的委屈。 ■having or showing different properties or qualities 有不同特性的;有差异的 their environments are locally various. 他们的环境有局部差异。
determiner& pronoun
more than one; individual and separate 不止一个的;许多的 [as determiner]various people arrived late. 许多人都迟到了。 [as pronoun]various of her friends had called. 她的许多朋友都打来过电话。
派生 variousness noun 语源
late Middle English: from Latin varius 'changing, diverse' + -ous
用法
In standard English the word various is normally used as an adjective and determiner. It is sometimes also used as a pronoun followed by of, as in various of her friends had called. Although this pronoun use is similar to that of words such as several and many (e.g several of her friends had called), it is sometimes regarded as incorrect.