Manifold
Manifold 主要描述某事物的种类、形式或数量非常多且具有多样性。
- 形容词: 多方面的,多种多样的(如 manifold benefits)。
- 名词: (工程学)歧管,多孔管(如 an exhaust manifold)。
- “The reasons for the economic crisis are manifold and complex.” (经济危机的原因是多方面且复杂的。)
- “Technology offers manifold opportunities for learning.” (科技为学习提供了多种多样的机会。)
- “The mechanic had to replace the broken exhaust manifold.” (技工不得不更换损坏的排气歧管。)
- many: 多。
- -fold: 后缀,表示“倍数”或“折叠”。 字面意思就是“很多层的”或“很多倍的”。
- 后缀: -fold (如 twofold, threefold)。
- 同根词: many。
在哲学和数学中,manifold 是一个术语(簇,流形),指具有特定性质的空间。在文学中,它常被用来形容上帝的智慧或大自然的美丽是无限多样的。
- 副词形式: manifoldly (罕见)
Many(多)+ Fold(折叠)。想象一张纸被折叠了很多次,每一层都代表一个不同的方面。
Life in the big city had manifold challenges for the farm boy. He had to learn to use the subway, find a job, and live in a tiny room. But despite the manifold difficulties, he also found manifold joys: new friends, tall buildings, and the bright lights of the theater.