(1) ①variety指“有变化,不单调;多种多样,品种繁多”。
- She didn't like the work, because it lacked variety . She was doing the same things all the time.
她不喜欢这个工作,因为它缺乏变化。她总是在做同样的事情。 - What the students requested most often was variety within the lesson hour.
学生最经常要求的是课堂上不单调。 - Variety is the spice of life.
多样化是生活的调味剂。 - Let's do something else for the sake of variety .
为了不单调,我们做点别的事吧。 - We demanded more variety for our food.
我们需要更加多样化的食物。
②variety作“品种”解时,是可数名词。
- There are several varieties of red roses.
红玫瑰有好几个品种。 - There were more than 13,000 identifiable varieties .
可以识别的品种超过13000种。
③常用于a variety of,表示“各种各样的,多种多样的”。
- My wife purchased a variety of articles/items at the market.
我的妻子在市场上买了各种各样的物品。 - They expressed a considerable variety of opinion on the problem.
在这个问题上他们发表了各种各样的意见。
(2) diversity...意为“多种多样,多样化,不同”,为不可数名词,但可加不定冠词。
- Mary has a great diversity of interests. She likes travel, photography and making radio sets.
玛丽有许多不同的兴趣,她喜欢旅行、摄影和组装收音机。 - Diversity of opinions makes for an interesting discussion.
意见的多样化使讨论生动有趣。