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multifarious

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mul·ti·far·i·ous /ˌmʌltəˈfeəriəs◂ $ -ˈfer-/ adjective formal  VARIOUS/OF DIFFERENT KINDSof many different kinds 多种多样的,五花八门的 multifarious business activities 各种各样的商业活动
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multifariousher multifarious business activitiesTheir nature is multifarious, but they are mainly from other professionals in other organizations or from informed amateur botanists or gardeners.Papworth was both a prolific and multifarious designer.There can be no doubt of Addison's sensitivity to the multifarious qualities of Paradise Lost.Let us begin at the roots of this multifarious society.Summer's Last Will and Testament is a major product of extraordinary and multifarious talent.Or whatever young man currently leads in arousing fantasies of multifarious wealth and women.
Origin multifarious (1500-1600) Latin multifarius
of Corpus kinds different many


multifarious
multifarious /ˌmʌltəˈfeəriəs◂, ˌmʌltɪˈfeəriəs◂ $ -ˈfer-/ adjective formal
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: multifarius
of many different kinds:
    multifarious business activities


multi·fari·ousBrE /ˌmʌltɪˈfeəriəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmʌltɪˈferiəs/ 🔊 adjective (formal) of many different kinds; having great variety 多种的;各种各样的;多样的the multifarious life forms in the coral reef珊瑚礁上的多种生命形式a vast and multifarious organization一个庞大而又形式多样的机构