| 词组 | manifold, manyfold |
| 释义 | manifold, manyfold The adjective having such senses as "various" and "many" is spelled manifold: • ... all are part of Roderick's manifold adventures — John Butt, English Literature in the Mid-Eighteenth Century, edited & completed by Geoffrey Carnall, 1979 The adverb meaning "by many times" is now almost always spelled manyfold: • This investment, too, will be returned to us many-fold —Abraham Ribicoff, Saturday Rev., 22 Apr. 1972 Manifold does have some adverbial use: • ... the total extent of scientific knowledge gathered throughout history will be exceeded manifold within a few decades —John G. Meitner, ed., in Preface to Astronautics for Science Teachers, 1965 But such usage, although impressively old (dating back to before the 12th century), is extremely rare in modern English, and it stands a good chance of being cited as an error. |
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