myriad

英 [ˈmɪriəd]

美 [ˈmɪriəd]

n.  无数; 大量
adj.  无数的; 多种的，各式各样的

复数：myriads　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11178 / COCA.7106

牛津词典

noun

• 无数；大量
  an extremely large number of sth
  1. Designs are available in a myriad of colours.
     各种色彩的款式应有尽有。

柯林斯词典

• QUANT 无数;大量;各种各样
  A myriadormyriads ofpeople or things is a very large number or great variety of them.
  1. They face a myriad of problems bringing up children...
     他们在抚养孩子的过程中遇到了各种各样的问题。
  2. These myriads of fish would be enough to keep any swimmer entranced for hours.
     这些不同种类的鱼足以让任何一个游泳者数小时流连忘返。
• ADJ 无数的;大量的；各种各样的
  Myriadmeans having a large number or great variety.
  1. ...British pop and culture in all its myriad forms.
     以多种不同形式出现的英国流行音乐和文化
  2. ...the myriad tiny animals and plants living in the ice.
     在冰里生存着的无数微小动植物

英英释义

noun

• the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand
  Synonym:ten thousand10000
• a large indefinite number
  1. he faced a myriad of details

adj

• too numerous to be counted
  1. incalculable riches
  2. countless hours
  3. an infinite number of reasons
  4. innumerable difficulties
  5. the multitudinous seas
  6. myriad stars
  7. untold thousands
  Synonym:countlessinfiniteinnumerableinnumerousmultitudinousnumberlessuncountedunnumberableunnumberedunnumerable

双语例句

• Because a myriad of different values and cultures coexist within a country, these patterns are difficult to identify.
  因为在一个国家内并存着无数种不同的价值观和文化，所以要辨别这些不同的模式比较困难。
• In itself, the industry contains a myriad of factors and activities which are inter-dependent.
  就其本身而言，该产业包含了相互依赖的产业活动和无数的因素。
• Even though there are myriad hardships and hazards, they can't stop the dauntless explorers.
  纵有千难万险，也挡不住英勇的探险队员。
• Businesses have found myriad ways to live with the financial restrictions.
  企业找到了各种各样的方法来应对这些金融限制。
• The XC60 carries over the sweeping dashboard shapes and tall stack of center controls from myriad other Volvo models.
  在XC60的仪表板进行了彻底的形状和高大的中心控制堆栈无数其他沃尔沃车型。
• Growing up, I had endured a myriad of humiliations, but this one was different.
  在成长的过程中我经历了无数次羞辱，但这次却是不同的经历。
• There are myriad flies in the sky.
  天空中有无数的苍蝇。
• Though few of us are this radically controlling, we often use myriad forms of manipulation and coercion.
  当然，有这种极端控制欲的人是占少数。可是，我们经常采取操纵和胁迫的形式不胜枚举。
• This metamorphosis includes global warming and modification of myriad environmental phenomena that are quickening around you.
  这个质变包括了快速影响着你的地球暖化和无数环境现象的变化。
• If heaven and earth are ruthless, they treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs; if the sage is ruthless, he treats the people as straw dogs.
  天地不仁，以万物为刍狗；圣人不仁，以百姓为刍狗。（《道德经》）