several是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 几个， 若干， 数个； 各个的， 各自的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He passed several nurses rapidly, half nodding to them, in the manner (or what he conceived to be the manner) of a brilliant young surgeon who is about to operate.
-- He informed himself that he was a moron to make this long trip into Zenith twice in one day; he remembered that he was engaged to a girl called Madeline Fox; he worried the matter of unfaithfulness; he asserted that Leora Tozer was merely an imitation nurse who was as illiterate as a kitchen wench and as impertinent as a newsboy; he decided, several times he decided, to telephone her and free himself from the engagement.
-- By several drinks Martin was warmed into a hazy carelessness, and Clif solicitously dragged him home after he had desired to fight three large academic sophomores.
-- Clif sat up worrying, and admitting the truth of Martin's several observations.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In this way she was busy for several days in driving about the whole town, because some people had taken offence through precedence having been given to others.
-- And therefore they had to take turns, so that in every house she was expected before she ar-rived, and everyone knew that on such and such a day Marfa Petrovna would be reading the letter in such and such a place and people assembled for every reading of it, even many who had heard it several times already both in their own houses and in other people's.
-- Dounia was at once asked to give lessons in several families, but she refused.
-- Several young men, also flushed with drink, seized anything they could come across whips, sticks, poles, and ran to the dying mare.
-- The visitor panted several times.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In consideration of the day and hour of my birth, it was declaredby the nurse, and by some sage women in the neighbourhood whohad taken a lively interest in me several months before there wasany possibility of our becoming personally acquainted, first, that Iwas destined to be unlucky in life; and secondly, that I wasprivileged to see ghosts and spirits; both these gifts inevitablyattaching, as they believed, to all unlucky infants of either gender,born towards the small hours on a Friday night.
-- Several times when I glanced at him, I observed thatappearance with a sort of awe, and wondered what he wasthinking about so closely.
-- We were sitting as before, one evening (when my mother was outas before), in company with the stocking and the yard measure,and the bit of wax, and the box with Saint Paul's on the lid, and thecrocodile book, when Peggotty, after looking at me several times,and opening her mouth as if she were going to speak, withoutdoing it- which I thought was merely gaping, or I should havebeen rather alarmed- said coaxingly'Master Davy, how should youlike to go along with me and spend a fortnight at my brother's atYarmouth?
-- I picked up one, of several that were rollingabout, and treasured it as a keepsake for a long time.
-- That all the boys wereat their several homes.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Somebody had placed her, several years back, at Mrs. God-dard's school, and somebody had lately raised her from the condition of scholar to that of parlour-boarder.
-- You do not know it I dare say, but two or three years ago I had a great passion for tak-ing likenesses, and attempted several of my friends, and was thought to have a tolerable eye in general.
-- She heard enough to know that Mr. Weston was giving some information about his son; she heard the words 'my son,' and 'Frank,' and 'my son,' repeated several times over; and, from a few other half-syllables very much suspected that he was announcing an early visit from his son; but before she could quiet Mr. Elton, the subject was so completely past that any reviving question from her would have been awkward.
-- He must know that the Woodhouses had been settled for several generations at Hartfield, the younger branch of a very ancient family and that the Eltons were nobody.
-- On his side were the inquiries, 'Was she a horsewoman? Pleasant rides? Pleasant walks? Had they a large neighbourhood? Highbury, perhaps, afforded society enough? There were several very pretty houses in and about it. Balls had they balls? Was it a musical so-ciety?'
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- This instrument being several years older than Oak's grandfather, had the peculiarity of going either too fast or not at all.
-- In the crowd was an athletic young fellow of somewhat superior appearance to the rest in fact, his superiority was marked enough to lead several ruddy peasants standing by to speak to him inquiringly, as to a farmer, and to use "Sir" as a finishing word.
-- The first man he came to was running about in a great hurry, as if his thoughts were several yards in advance of his body, which they could never drag on fast enough.
-- Obliged, to some extent, to forgo dreaming in order to find the way, he reached the churchyard, and passed round it under the wall where several ancient trees grew.
-- Several exclaimed meditatively, after this operation had been completed: "Oh, 'tis the new shepherd, 'a b'lieve."
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