several 通常翻译成“几个”,它可以表示“两个”吗?
比如一个人只有两本词典,他可以笼统地说 I have several dictionaries 吗?
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》第9版的英语解释是:
several det.,pron. more than two but not very many
意思是:several作为限定词和代词时表示“多于2个,但不是很多”。
several:a number of people or things that is more than a few, but not a lot。
比一点多,但也不是很多。几个,几次。应该不止二个、二次。既然表示不确切的量,肯定不会是二个。如果你有二个,你也不会用several,直接说二个了。
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more than two but not many
强调了大于两个。
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