vary

英 ['ve?r?] 美[′vεrr?]

CET4TEM4IELTS考研CET6中頻詞核心詞匯

第三人稱單數:?varies;過去式:?varied;過去分詞:?varied;現在分詞:?varying;

vary 改變

來自拉丁語vario,改變。

vary: vary: [14] Latin varius meant ‘speckled, variegated, changeable’ (it gave English various [16], and may have been related to Latin vārus ‘bent, crooked, knock-kneed’, source of English prevaricate). It had a range of derivatives, which have given English variable [14], variance [14], variant [14], variegate [17], variety [16], variola ‘smallpox’ [18] (which retains the original notion of ‘speckling’), and vary.
=> prevaricate, variegate, variety, variola, various
vary (v.): mid-14c. (transitive); late 14c. (intransitive), from Old French variier "be changed, go astray; change, alter, transform" and directly from Latin variare "change, alter, make different," from varius "varied, different, spotted;" perhaps related to varus "bent, crooked, knock-kneed," and varix "varicose vein," from a PIE root *wer- (1) "high raised spot or other bodily infirmity" (cognates: Old English wearte "wart," Swedish varbulde "pus swelling," Latin verruca "wart"). Related: Varied; varying.

1. The levels of tolerable pain vary greatly from individual to individual.: 對疼痛的耐受程度因人而異，差別很大。

2. Prices may vary so it's well worth shopping around before you buy.: 價格可能會有高有低，所以在買之前很有必要貨比三家。

3. The importance of being an Olympian will vary from athlete to athlete.: 參加奧運會對每個運動員而言意義不同。

4. The treatment regime may vary widely depending on the type of injury.: 因受傷類型不同治療方法可能有很大的區別。

5. This absolutist belief is replaced by an appreciation that rules can vary.: 這種絕對主義的信念被規則可以變通這一認識所替代。