several

det.

pron.

1. 几个；数个；一些
   more than two but not very many
   1. Several letters arrived this morning.
      今天上午来了几封信。
   2. He's written several books about India.
      他写过几本关于印度的书。
   3. Several more people than usual came to the meeting.
      到会的人比平时多了几个。
   4. If you're looking for a photo of Alice you'll find several in here.
      你要是想找艾丽斯的照片的话，这儿有几张。
   5. Several of the paintings were destroyed in the fire.
      那些画有好几幅被大火烧毁了。

adj.

1. 各自的；分别的
   separate
   1. They said goodbye and went their several ways .
      他们道别后，便各自走了。

1. DET 几个;数个;一些
   Several is used to refer to an imprecise number of people or things that is not large but is greater than two.
   1. I had lived two doors away from this family for several years...
      我和这家人是好几年的邻居了，中间就隔着两家。
   2. Several blue plastic boxes under the window were filled with record albums...
      窗下的几个蓝色塑料盒里装满了唱片。
   3. Several hundred students gathered on campus.
      几百名学生聚集在校园里。
   4. Several is also a quantifier.
      
   5. Several of the delays were caused by the new high-tech baggage system...
      几次延误都是由新的高科技行李传送系统造成的。
   6. According to several of their friends, their 25-year marriage has suffered some difficulties.
      据他们的几个朋友说，他们 25 年的婚姻经历了一些磨难。
   7. Several is also a pronoun.
      
   8. No one drug will suit or work for everyone and sometimes several may have to be tried...
      没有一种药品是对每个人都适用或都有效的，有时候可能得多试几种药。
   9. Ben's case is not unique but one of several I have come up against during the past few years.
      本的案子并不特殊，我在过去的几年中也碰到了几起这样的案子。

1. Several conclusions could be drawn from the results described above
   从上文描述的结果中可以得出几个结论。
2. He's already altered several of the proposals in his economic plan to accommodate demands of special interests.
   他已经改动了经济计划中的几项提议以迁就特殊利益集团的要求。
3. The country appears to be violating several articles of the convention.
   这个国家看起来违反了公约中的好几项条款。
4. One of them wrote to us out of the blue several years later.
   数年后他们中的一人突然给我们写了一封信。
5. Several people were treated for broken bones.
   数人接受了断骨治疗。
6. Several of the members have come up with suggestions of their own
   有几位成员提出了自己的建议。
7. He claims that several countries have developed nuclear weapons secretly.
   他声称有几个国家已经秘密研制出了核武器。
8. But many leaders have invested their ill-gotten gains in several different countries.
   但很多领导者已把他们的非法所得投资到了几个不同的国家。
9. In these and several other respects, there are many inventions and exaggerations
   在这些方面和其他几个方面都存在许多捏造与夸张之处。
10. For several years I kept in touch with her.
    几年来，我一直和她保持联系。
11. I left my phone number with several people.
    我把电话号码留给了几个人。
12. Over the next several months I met most of her family
    在后来的几个月里，我见到了她的大部分家人。
13. Several of the lights went out, one after another.
    其中几盏灯一个接一个地熄灭了。
14. We have had several preliminary sittings in various poses.
    我们进行了几次预拍摄，摆了各种不同的造型。
15. We received several answers, and we picked one at random.
    我们收到了一些答复，并从中随机挑选了一个。
16. Several colleges in our study have rigid rules about student conduct
    在我们的研究中，有几所大学制定了严格的学生行为规则。
17. I had lived two doors away from this family for several years
    我和这家人是好几年的邻居了，中间就隔着两家。
18. Several hundred students gathered on campus.
    几百名学生聚集在校园里。
19. This difference in approach has led to several political skirmishes.
    这种方式上的差异已经导致了几场政治冲突。
20. The bare metal was sprayed with several coats of primer.
    裸露的金属上被喷上了几层底漆。
21. Her suicidal tendencies continued for several more weeks.
    她的自杀倾向又持续了几周。
22. Later in this chapter, I recommend several specific steps we need to take.
    在本章后面部分，我将提出几个我们需要采取的具体步骤。
23. The ulcer had been troubling her for several years.
    溃疡已经折磨她好几年了。
24. We swam several widths.
    我们游了好几个来回。
25. Several courses were served in succession.
    一连上了好几道菜。
26. Several aircrafts were intercepted and brought down.
    有几架飞机遭到拦截，被击落了。
27. Several words have been deleted from the report.
    那篇报道中有好几处文字被删去了。
28. There we received several weeks of intensive training.
    在那里我们受了几星期的集中训练。
29. She was lost in the maze for several hours.
    她在迷津中迷失了好几个小时。
30. They stopped over in Beijing for several days.
    他们中途在北京逗留了几天。

  a few a number of several some【导航词义：一些】

  a few adj. 一些，几个

〔辨析〕在数量上用于肯定意义，强调有一些，后接复数可数名词。

  a number of 许多…，若干…

〔辨析〕强调数量的概念，也可说 a large/small number of, 后接复数可数名词，谓语动词用复数。

  several adj. 几个，数个

〔辨析〕相对于 a few，some 而言较为正式，一般只能用于肯定句，强调“不止一两个”，后接复数可数名词。

  some adj. 一些，若干

〔辨析〕带有不确定性，多用于肯定句中，后接复数可数名词或不可数名词。