Definition of multiple in English:

multiple

adjective ˈmʌltɪp(ə)lˈməltəpəl

1Having or involving several parts, elements, or members.
多个的；多部分的；多成分的；多成员的
multiple occupancy
多人居住。
a multiple pile-up
多车连撞。
Example sentencesExamples
- The inspection is based on a March 1999 agreement between the two countries to allow Washington multiple access to the suspected site.
- What follows is that you would then have different rules in relation to multiple publication in different States.
- Multiple cropping establishes a second crop in the same season that a first crop is harvested.
- To take one example, he says that every vaccination, single as well as multiple, carries a specific risk.
- Friends, the multiple agency bill collection system in the city, has to be the most citizen-friendly outfit of the Government.
- He said the reason councillors voted against the change of use was because the premises are totally unsuitable for multiple occupancy.
- If you require a multiple user connection you will pay €152.
- It is my misfortune to be living in a street in which there are several houses in multiple occupation.
- Third, there must be a causal connection between the multiple relationship and the impairment or risk.
- There have been numerous reports of multiple voting on a large scale in the country.
- The function of the banner-draped shading elements is multiple.
- The organization used quiet diplomacy to work with Ontario's bureaucrats to promote multiple use of Quetico park.
1. 1.1 Numerous and often varied.
  许多的，多种多样的
  words with multiple meanings
  多义词。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Today, many children are being raised by multiple partners in different environments other than the home, including child care centers.
  If members ask multiple questions, they run the risk of Ministers answering the parts that they regard as less important.
  No other hockey family can make that claim, and neither can any family with multiple members in the baseball, basketball, or football halls.
  The title track, which opens the album, slowly introduces the multiple elements of this work, reverently contrasting them to establish a perfect balance of impressions.
  Beard and Quann collected multiple medals in 1996 and 2000, respectively.
  Ms W complied with her daily regimen of medications but was not prepared for the multiple side effects that occurred.
  Non-standard usages, like multiple negation, are sometimes attacked on the same grounds.
  Discussing each article and generating multiple perspectives from group members was very important in this process.
  The online service allows customers to retrieve, at the click of a mouse, information that used to take days to collect from multiple sources.
  All the members were charged with multiple counts of armed robbery, and murder.
  Because children have different learning styles and multiple ways of knowing, they must be encouraged to find the form that best fits their individual styles.
  I don't much care for members who serve on multiple boards.
  The frequency of multiple mating in the population was first calculated using all clutches.
  The season's riches also offer a chance to see favorite actors tackling very different roles in multiple movies.
  Conversations between therapist and family members, and among multiple families began, slowly at first, and then became livelier.
  The data were collected from multiple sites in the Midwest, however, which increased the reliability and generalizability of these data.
  This book, like the earlier accounts, acknowledges that multiple elements were at work in secularizing higher education.
  Do-it-yourself videoconferencing may be better suited for team members who work in multiple locations.
  The financial sector is a much different story, with multiple levels of lending and intermediation dictating that analysis is at least as much art as science.
  However, the risk of side effects increases when multiple medications are used.
  Thus we see multiple members of Congress talking about the Social security ‘surplus’.
  Even when larger corporate aircraft arrive, staff are obliged to use only small vans, requiring multiple trips to collect passengers and crew.
  Vicky had spent those four hours talking to other crew members about multiple topics; she had been extremely bored during those four hours.
  Synonyms
  numerous, many, various, different, diverse, several, sundry, miscellaneous, manifold, multifarious, multitudinous, compound, collective
  literary myriad, divers
2. 1.2 (of a disease, injury, etc.) complex in its nature or effects; affecting several parts of the body.
  （疾病、伤害或残疾）性质（或结果）复杂的；影响身体多个部分的
  a multiple fracture of the femur
  多发性股骨骨折。
  Example sentencesExamples
  These competitors were identified as multiple injury victims.
  As he tried to separate two bulls that were fighting, he was knocked over and trampled, receiving multiple injuries including fractures to his ribs and spine.
  COPD is a complex respiratory disease causing multiple symptoms and therefore significant difficulty for patients.
  A woman who was sitting in the front seat was taken to St James' Hospital suffering from multiple injuries.
  A jogger eyewitness ran to call an ambulance, but the pensioner died from multiple injuries before reaching hospital.
  Several were left with spinal injuries and multiple fractures.
  None of the biopsies of these patients showed multiple infections.
  Patients with multiple injuries or altered mental status, including intoxication, were not included in the study.
  In 2002 our intensive care unit cared for 183 unconscious patients with multiple injuries and experienced this clinical dilemma every other day.
  Each of the patients had a history of multiple asthma exacerbations that often required systemic corticosteroids for control.
  The 18-year-old is in the intensive care unit of the Royal Oldham Hospital with multiple injuries.
  Heart failure is a complex syndrome that affects multiple organ systems and has a great impact on the lifestyle of patients.
  He suffered multiple fractures and internal injuries from which he could not survive.
  This study demonstrates that multiple infections are present in patients with active tuberculosis in a high-incidence setting.
  She was taken to the Great Western Hospital with multiple injuries but according to police they were not life threatening.
  A child who suffered multiple injuries in a road traffic accident in Italy was given subcutaneous injections of nerve growth factor in a last ditch effort to save an ischaemic leg.
  However, in the absence of HIV testing of all patients, we cannot exclude HIV as a mechanism enabling multiple infection.
  Medications are powerful, but potentially dangerous in the treatment of multiple diseases in elderly individuals.
  Her mother had bled to death from multiple injuries including a severed foot.
  He was treated for multiple fractures and head injuries and was initially critically ill and fighting for his life.

noun ˈmʌltɪp(ə)lˈməltəpəl

1A number that may be divided by another a certain number of times without a remainder.
倍数
15, 20, or any multiple of five
15、20或任何5的倍数。
Example sentencesExamples
- Another statistic charts CEO pay at Fortune 100 companies as a multiple of the average pay of workers at the same firms.
- It may be a multiple of earnings or a percentage of sales or whatever.
- Any other number that leaves a remainder of 0 when divided by 7 must be a multiple of 7, so it can't be a prime.
- Is the total amount of cash on hand a multiple of 3?
- Primitive Pythagorean triangles are a bit like prime numbers in that every integer is either prime or a multiple of a prime.
- It is affecting people who are struggling, and wondering how they can ever buy a house on their income when land prices have gone to a multiple of three or four times the average wage.
- She told me that she feels that if she doesn't take a number of steps which is a multiple of five, that she can cause some harm to come to her brother Michael.
- Not only does this put their own lives at risk but it increases the chances of death of a front seat occupant by a multiple of five.
- However, the overall value of these firms would be a multiple of this figure.
- By this time next year expect the percentage to be a multiple of that.
- But when poor countries export to rich ones this goes up by a multiple of five.
- Each line is obtained by adding a certain multiple of its predecessor to the one before that.
- After all, a multiple of 14 or 15 times operating profit is your standard newspaper rule of thumb.
- This is to make each round consist of 86 points, 1 more than a multiple of five.
- But if the hospital were sold it would fetch a multiple of that figure.
- The overall value of these firms, which continue to grow, is a multiple of this figure.
2British A shop with branches in many places, especially one selling a specific type of product.
〈主英〉连锁商店，联号商店
the major food multiples
Example sentencesExamples
- The city's retailing has lost its character and prestige through being composed of multiples in terminal decline and a proliferation of ‘Cheap Jack’ shops.
- Three multiples, including the major department store, have already indicated that they would intend to move.
- Recent trends in the food retail economy may mean that many small and large multiple stores are increasingly moving back into city centres and local sites closer to relatively deprived populations.
- Personally I think York has got everything, it's got multiples, individual shops, attractions and we've got beautiful countryside.
- There were mixed views among the experts on the strategy of supplying own-label products to multiples.
- Grocery multiples increased their share of the beef market, selling almost 78 per cent of total sales.
- This does not mean the company would turn away the opportunity to sell to the multiples, or any other customer if the chance arose.
- The food services unit distributes chilled products to restaurants, delis and multiples whose supply needs now also include frozen and ambient foods.
- In terms of volume and value, 85% of strawberries are sold through the multiples.
- The audience used to include mainly multiples and smaller shops, but now a whole range of speciality shops, not to mention forecourts and delicatessens are included.
- It is sold in gourmet food stores, independent supermarkets, to the multiples and into the restaurant and food service sectors.
- While produced from Dublin, the 15-year-old magazine is focused on the UK market, where it is sold on subscription to retail multiples.
- This will be an opportunity for food producers to meet potential buyers, ranging from large multiples and independent retailers, pub and restaurant owners.
- As a company, we place just as much importance on our smaller customers as we do the major retail multiples.
- York, as elsewhere, was gauged on the basis of the number of multiple stores it attracts, independent quality shops and the total amount of retail floorspace as a percentage of the size of the city centre.
- He is also considering exporting to Britain and developing own label products for the British multiples.
- The farmer normally sells product to a processor who, in turn, sells it to a retailer, usually a multiple.
- Indeed, organic ranges are now available from all the major multiples, and the majority of households do buy organic food, even if some are only doing so occasionally.
- Consumers can help, too, by patronising their local shops and shunning the multiples.
- Anyone sidetracked by clothes or other departments within multiple stores is sent back to the start.
Synonyms
store, retail store, outlet, retail outlet, reseller, cash and carry

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French, from late Latin multiplus, alteration of Latin multiplex (see multiplex).

Definition of multiple in US English:

multiple

adjectiveˈməltəpəlˈməltəpəl

1Having or involving several parts, elements, or members.
多个的；多部分的；多成分的；多成员的
multiple occupancy
多人居住。
a multiple birth
多胎产。
Example sentencesExamples
- The function of the banner-draped shading elements is multiple.
- Multiple cropping establishes a second crop in the same season that a first crop is harvested.
- To take one example, he says that every vaccination, single as well as multiple, carries a specific risk.
- He said the reason councillors voted against the change of use was because the premises are totally unsuitable for multiple occupancy.
- The inspection is based on a March 1999 agreement between the two countries to allow Washington multiple access to the suspected site.
- The organization used quiet diplomacy to work with Ontario's bureaucrats to promote multiple use of Quetico park.
- What follows is that you would then have different rules in relation to multiple publication in different States.
- Third, there must be a causal connection between the multiple relationship and the impairment or risk.
- It is my misfortune to be living in a street in which there are several houses in multiple occupation.
- Friends, the multiple agency bill collection system in the city, has to be the most citizen-friendly outfit of the Government.
- If you require a multiple user connection you will pay €152.
- There have been numerous reports of multiple voting on a large scale in the country.
1. 1.1 Numerous and often varied.
  许多的，多种多样的
  words with multiple meanings
  多义词。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Do-it-yourself videoconferencing may be better suited for team members who work in multiple locations.
  Non-standard usages, like multiple negation, are sometimes attacked on the same grounds.
  Beard and Quann collected multiple medals in 1996 and 2000, respectively.
  Discussing each article and generating multiple perspectives from group members was very important in this process.
  Today, many children are being raised by multiple partners in different environments other than the home, including child care centers.
  This book, like the earlier accounts, acknowledges that multiple elements were at work in secularizing higher education.
  However, the risk of side effects increases when multiple medications are used.
  The financial sector is a much different story, with multiple levels of lending and intermediation dictating that analysis is at least as much art as science.
  If members ask multiple questions, they run the risk of Ministers answering the parts that they regard as less important.
  Ms W complied with her daily regimen of medications but was not prepared for the multiple side effects that occurred.
  Because children have different learning styles and multiple ways of knowing, they must be encouraged to find the form that best fits their individual styles.
  Even when larger corporate aircraft arrive, staff are obliged to use only small vans, requiring multiple trips to collect passengers and crew.
  Vicky had spent those four hours talking to other crew members about multiple topics; she had been extremely bored during those four hours.
  The online service allows customers to retrieve, at the click of a mouse, information that used to take days to collect from multiple sources.
  Conversations between therapist and family members, and among multiple families began, slowly at first, and then became livelier.
  The season's riches also offer a chance to see favorite actors tackling very different roles in multiple movies.
  I don't much care for members who serve on multiple boards.
  All the members were charged with multiple counts of armed robbery, and murder.
  The title track, which opens the album, slowly introduces the multiple elements of this work, reverently contrasting them to establish a perfect balance of impressions.
  No other hockey family can make that claim, and neither can any family with multiple members in the baseball, basketball, or football halls.
  Thus we see multiple members of Congress talking about the Social security ‘surplus’.
  The data were collected from multiple sites in the Midwest, however, which increased the reliability and generalizability of these data.
  The frequency of multiple mating in the population was first calculated using all clutches.
  Synonyms
  numerous, many, various, different, diverse, several, sundry, miscellaneous, manifold, multifarious, multitudinous, compound, collective
2. 1.2 (of a disease, injury, or disability) complex in its nature or effects, or affecting several parts of the body.
  （疾病、伤害或残疾）性质（或结果）复杂的；影响身体多个部分的
  a multiple fracture of the femur
  多发性股骨骨折。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This study demonstrates that multiple infections are present in patients with active tuberculosis in a high-incidence setting.
  Heart failure is a complex syndrome that affects multiple organ systems and has a great impact on the lifestyle of patients.
  He was treated for multiple fractures and head injuries and was initially critically ill and fighting for his life.
  These competitors were identified as multiple injury victims.
  Each of the patients had a history of multiple asthma exacerbations that often required systemic corticosteroids for control.
  COPD is a complex respiratory disease causing multiple symptoms and therefore significant difficulty for patients.
  However, in the absence of HIV testing of all patients, we cannot exclude HIV as a mechanism enabling multiple infection.
  The 18-year-old is in the intensive care unit of the Royal Oldham Hospital with multiple injuries.
  She was taken to the Great Western Hospital with multiple injuries but according to police they were not life threatening.
  Several were left with spinal injuries and multiple fractures.
  Patients with multiple injuries or altered mental status, including intoxication, were not included in the study.
  A jogger eyewitness ran to call an ambulance, but the pensioner died from multiple injuries before reaching hospital.
  He suffered multiple fractures and internal injuries from which he could not survive.
  In 2002 our intensive care unit cared for 183 unconscious patients with multiple injuries and experienced this clinical dilemma every other day.
  A woman who was sitting in the front seat was taken to St James' Hospital suffering from multiple injuries.
  A child who suffered multiple injuries in a road traffic accident in Italy was given subcutaneous injections of nerve growth factor in a last ditch effort to save an ischaemic leg.
  None of the biopsies of these patients showed multiple infections.
  Medications are powerful, but potentially dangerous in the treatment of multiple diseases in elderly individuals.
  Her mother had bled to death from multiple injuries including a severed foot.
  As he tried to separate two bulls that were fighting, he was knocked over and trampled, receiving multiple injuries including fractures to his ribs and spine.
3. 1.3 Of or designating an electrical circuit that has several points at which connection can occur.

nounˈməltəpəlˈməltəpəl

1A number that can be divided by another number without a remainder.
倍数
15, 20, or any other multiple of five
15、20或任何5的倍数。
Example sentencesExamples
- By this time next year expect the percentage to be a multiple of that.
- The overall value of these firms, which continue to grow, is a multiple of this figure.
- Any other number that leaves a remainder of 0 when divided by 7 must be a multiple of 7, so it can't be a prime.
- Not only does this put their own lives at risk but it increases the chances of death of a front seat occupant by a multiple of five.
- It is affecting people who are struggling, and wondering how they can ever buy a house on their income when land prices have gone to a multiple of three or four times the average wage.
- This is to make each round consist of 86 points, 1 more than a multiple of five.
- After all, a multiple of 14 or 15 times operating profit is your standard newspaper rule of thumb.
- But if the hospital were sold it would fetch a multiple of that figure.
- Each line is obtained by adding a certain multiple of its predecessor to the one before that.
- But when poor countries export to rich ones this goes up by a multiple of five.
- However, the overall value of these firms would be a multiple of this figure.
- Another statistic charts CEO pay at Fortune 100 companies as a multiple of the average pay of workers at the same firms.
- Primitive Pythagorean triangles are a bit like prime numbers in that every integer is either prime or a multiple of a prime.
- Is the total amount of cash on hand a multiple of 3?
- She told me that she feels that if she doesn't take a number of steps which is a multiple of five, that she can cause some harm to come to her brother Michael.
- It may be a multiple of earnings or a percentage of sales or whatever.
2An arrangement of terminals that allows connection with an electrical circuit at any one of several points.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French, from late Latin multiplus, alteration of Latin multiplex (see multiplex).

词汇	multiple
释义	Definition of multiple in English: multiple adjective ˈmʌltɪp(ə)lˈməltəpəl 1Having or involving several parts, elements, or members. 多个的；多部分的；多成分的；多成员的 multiple occupancy 多人居住。 a multiple pile-up 多车连撞。 Example sentencesExamples The inspection is based on a March 1999 agreement between the two countries to allow Washington multiple access to the suspected site. What follows is that you would then have different rules in relation to multiple publication in different States. Multiple cropping establishes a second crop in the same season that a first crop is harvested. To take one example, he says that every vaccination, single as well as multiple, carries a specific risk. Friends, the multiple agency bill collection system in the city, has to be the most citizen-friendly outfit of the Government. He said the reason councillors voted against the change of use was because the premises are totally unsuitable for multiple occupancy. If you require a multiple user connection you will pay €152. It is my misfortune to be living in a street in which there are several houses in multiple occupation. Third, there must be a causal connection between the multiple relationship and the impairment or risk. There have been numerous reports of multiple voting on a large scale in the country. The function of the banner-draped shading elements is multiple. The organization used quiet diplomacy to work with Ontario's bureaucrats to promote multiple use of Quetico park. 1.1 Numerous and often varied. 许多的，多种多样的 words with multiple meanings 多义词。 Example sentencesExamples Today, many children are being raised by multiple partners in different environments other than the home, including child care centers. If members ask multiple questions, they run the risk of Ministers answering the parts that they regard as less important. No other hockey family can make that claim, and neither can any family with multiple members in the baseball, basketball, or football halls. The title track, which opens the album, slowly introduces the multiple elements of this work, reverently contrasting them to establish a perfect balance of impressions. Beard and Quann collected multiple medals in 1996 and 2000, respectively. Ms W complied with her daily regimen of medications but was not prepared for the multiple side effects that occurred. Non-standard usages, like multiple negation, are sometimes attacked on the same grounds. Discussing each article and generating multiple perspectives from group members was very important in this process. The online service allows customers to retrieve, at the click of a mouse, information that used to take days to collect from multiple sources. All the members were charged with multiple counts of armed robbery, and murder. Because children have different learning styles and multiple ways of knowing, they must be encouraged to find the form that best fits their individual styles. I don't much care for members who serve on multiple boards. The frequency of multiple mating in the population was first calculated using all clutches. The season's riches also offer a chance to see favorite actors tackling very different roles in multiple movies. Conversations between therapist and family members, and among multiple families began, slowly at first, and then became livelier. The data were collected from multiple sites in the Midwest, however, which increased the reliability and generalizability of these data. This book, like the earlier accounts, acknowledges that multiple elements were at work in secularizing higher education. Do-it-yourself videoconferencing may be better suited for team members who work in multiple locations. The financial sector is a much different story, with multiple levels of lending and intermediation dictating that analysis is at least as much art as science. However, the risk of side effects increases when multiple medications are used. Thus we see multiple members of Congress talking about the Social security ‘surplus’. Even when larger corporate aircraft arrive, staff are obliged to use only small vans, requiring multiple trips to collect passengers and crew. Vicky had spent those four hours talking to other crew members about multiple topics; she had been extremely bored during those four hours. Synonyms numerous, many, various, different, diverse, several, sundry, miscellaneous, manifold, multifarious, multitudinous, compound, collective literary myriad, divers 1.2 (of a disease, injury, etc.) complex in its nature or effects; affecting several parts of the body. （疾病、伤害或残疾）性质（或结果）复杂的；影响身体多个部分的 a multiple fracture of the femur 多发性股骨骨折。 Example sentencesExamples These competitors were identified as multiple injury victims. As he tried to separate two bulls that were fighting, he was knocked over and trampled, receiving multiple injuries including fractures to his ribs and spine. COPD is a complex respiratory disease causing multiple symptoms and therefore significant difficulty for patients. A woman who was sitting in the front seat was taken to St James' Hospital suffering from multiple injuries. A jogger eyewitness ran to call an ambulance, but the pensioner died from multiple injuries before reaching hospital. Several were left with spinal injuries and multiple fractures. None of the biopsies of these patients showed multiple infections. Patients with multiple injuries or altered mental status, including intoxication, were not included in the study. In 2002 our intensive care unit cared for 183 unconscious patients with multiple injuries and experienced this clinical dilemma every other day. Each of the patients had a history of multiple asthma exacerbations that often required systemic corticosteroids for control. The 18-year-old is in the intensive care unit of the Royal Oldham Hospital with multiple injuries. Heart failure is a complex syndrome that affects multiple organ systems and has a great impact on the lifestyle of patients. He suffered multiple fractures and internal injuries from which he could not survive. This study demonstrates that multiple infections are present in patients with active tuberculosis in a high-incidence setting. She was taken to the Great Western Hospital with multiple injuries but according to police they were not life threatening. A child who suffered multiple injuries in a road traffic accident in Italy was given subcutaneous injections of nerve growth factor in a last ditch effort to save an ischaemic leg. However, in the absence of HIV testing of all patients, we cannot exclude HIV as a mechanism enabling multiple infection. Medications are powerful, but potentially dangerous in the treatment of multiple diseases in elderly individuals. Her mother had bled to death from multiple injuries including a severed foot. He was treated for multiple fractures and head injuries and was initially critically ill and fighting for his life. noun ˈmʌltɪp(ə)lˈməltəpəl 1A number that may be divided by another a certain number of times without a remainder. 倍数 15, 20, or any multiple of five 15、20或任何5的倍数。 Example sentencesExamples Another statistic charts CEO pay at Fortune 100 companies as a multiple of the average pay of workers at the same firms. It may be a multiple of earnings or a percentage of sales or whatever. Any other number that leaves a remainder of 0 when divided by 7 must be a multiple of 7, so it can't be a prime. Is the total amount of cash on hand a multiple of 3? Primitive Pythagorean triangles are a bit like prime numbers in that every integer is either prime or a multiple of a prime. It is affecting people who are struggling, and wondering how they can ever buy a house on their income when land prices have gone to a multiple of three or four times the average wage. She told me that she feels that if she doesn't take a number of steps which is a multiple of five, that she can cause some harm to come to her brother Michael. Not only does this put their own lives at risk but it increases the chances of death of a front seat occupant by a multiple of five. However, the overall value of these firms would be a multiple of this figure. By this time next year expect the percentage to be a multiple of that. But when poor countries export to rich ones this goes up by a multiple of five. Each line is obtained by adding a certain multiple of its predecessor to the one before that. After all, a multiple of 14 or 15 times operating profit is your standard newspaper rule of thumb. This is to make each round consist of 86 points, 1 more than a multiple of five. But if the hospital were sold it would fetch a multiple of that figure. The overall value of these firms, which continue to grow, is a multiple of this figure. 2British A shop with branches in many places, especially one selling a specific type of product. 〈主英〉连锁商店，联号商店 the major food multiples Example sentencesExamples The city's retailing has lost its character and prestige through being composed of multiples in terminal decline and a proliferation of ‘Cheap Jack’ shops. Three multiples, including the major department store, have already indicated that they would intend to move. Recent trends in the food retail economy may mean that many small and large multiple stores are increasingly moving back into city centres and local sites closer to relatively deprived populations. Personally I think York has got everything, it's got multiples, individual shops, attractions and we've got beautiful countryside. There were mixed views among the experts on the strategy of supplying own-label products to multiples. Grocery multiples increased their share of the beef market, selling almost 78 per cent of total sales. This does not mean the company would turn away the opportunity to sell to the multiples, or any other customer if the chance arose. The food services unit distributes chilled products to restaurants, delis and multiples whose supply needs now also include frozen and ambient foods. In terms of volume and value, 85% of strawberries are sold through the multiples. The audience used to include mainly multiples and smaller shops, but now a whole range of speciality shops, not to mention forecourts and delicatessens are included. It is sold in gourmet food stores, independent supermarkets, to the multiples and into the restaurant and food service sectors. While produced from Dublin, the 15-year-old magazine is focused on the UK market, where it is sold on subscription to retail multiples. This will be an opportunity for food producers to meet potential buyers, ranging from large multiples and independent retailers, pub and restaurant owners. As a company, we place just as much importance on our smaller customers as we do the major retail multiples. York, as elsewhere, was gauged on the basis of the number of multiple stores it attracts, independent quality shops and the total amount of retail floorspace as a percentage of the size of the city centre. He is also considering exporting to Britain and developing own label products for the British multiples. The farmer normally sells product to a processor who, in turn, sells it to a retailer, usually a multiple. Indeed, organic ranges are now available from all the major multiples, and the majority of households do buy organic food, even if some are only doing so occasionally. Consumers can help, too, by patronising their local shops and shunning the multiples. Anyone sidetracked by clothes or other departments within multiple stores is sent back to the start. Synonyms store, retail store, outlet, retail outlet, reseller, cash and carry Origin Mid 17th century: from French, from late Latin multiplus, alteration of Latin multiplex (see multiplex). Definition of multiple in US English: multiple adjectiveˈməltəpəlˈməltəpəl 1Having or involving several parts, elements, or members. 多个的；多部分的；多成分的；多成员的 multiple occupancy 多人居住。 a multiple birth 多胎产。 Example sentencesExamples The function of the banner-draped shading elements is multiple. Multiple cropping establishes a second crop in the same season that a first crop is harvested. To take one example, he says that every vaccination, single as well as multiple, carries a specific risk. He said the reason councillors voted against the change of use was because the premises are totally unsuitable for multiple occupancy. The inspection is based on a March 1999 agreement between the two countries to allow Washington multiple access to the suspected site. The organization used quiet diplomacy to work with Ontario's bureaucrats to promote multiple use of Quetico park. What follows is that you would then have different rules in relation to multiple publication in different States. Third, there must be a causal connection between the multiple relationship and the impairment or risk. It is my misfortune to be living in a street in which there are several houses in multiple occupation. Friends, the multiple agency bill collection system in the city, has to be the most citizen-friendly outfit of the Government. If you require a multiple user connection you will pay €152. There have been numerous reports of multiple voting on a large scale in the country. 1.1 Numerous and often varied. 许多的，多种多样的 words with multiple meanings 多义词。 Example sentencesExamples Do-it-yourself videoconferencing may be better suited for team members who work in multiple locations. Non-standard usages, like multiple negation, are sometimes attacked on the same grounds. Beard and Quann collected multiple medals in 1996 and 2000, respectively. Discussing each article and generating multiple perspectives from group members was very important in this process. Today, many children are being raised by multiple partners in different environments other than the home, including child care centers. This book, like the earlier accounts, acknowledges that multiple elements were at work in secularizing higher education. However, the risk of side effects increases when multiple medications are used. The financial sector is a much different story, with multiple levels of lending and intermediation dictating that analysis is at least as much art as science. If members ask multiple questions, they run the risk of Ministers answering the parts that they regard as less important. Ms W complied with her daily regimen of medications but was not prepared for the multiple side effects that occurred. Because children have different learning styles and multiple ways of knowing, they must be encouraged to find the form that best fits their individual styles. Even when larger corporate aircraft arrive, staff are obliged to use only small vans, requiring multiple trips to collect passengers and crew. Vicky had spent those four hours talking to other crew members about multiple topics; she had been extremely bored during those four hours. The online service allows customers to retrieve, at the click of a mouse, information that used to take days to collect from multiple sources. Conversations between therapist and family members, and among multiple families began, slowly at first, and then became livelier. The season's riches also offer a chance to see favorite actors tackling very different roles in multiple movies. I don't much care for members who serve on multiple boards. All the members were charged with multiple counts of armed robbery, and murder. The title track, which opens the album, slowly introduces the multiple elements of this work, reverently contrasting them to establish a perfect balance of impressions. No other hockey family can make that claim, and neither can any family with multiple members in the baseball, basketball, or football halls. Thus we see multiple members of Congress talking about the Social security ‘surplus’. The data were collected from multiple sites in the Midwest, however, which increased the reliability and generalizability of these data. The frequency of multiple mating in the population was first calculated using all clutches. Synonyms numerous, many, various, different, diverse, several, sundry, miscellaneous, manifold, multifarious, multitudinous, compound, collective 1.2 (of a disease, injury, or disability) complex in its nature or effects, or affecting several parts of the body. （疾病、伤害或残疾）性质（或结果）复杂的；影响身体多个部分的 a multiple fracture of the femur 多发性股骨骨折。 Example sentencesExamples This study demonstrates that multiple infections are present in patients with active tuberculosis in a high-incidence setting. Heart failure is a complex syndrome that affects multiple organ systems and has a great impact on the lifestyle of patients. He was treated for multiple fractures and head injuries and was initially critically ill and fighting for his life. These competitors were identified as multiple injury victims. Each of the patients had a history of multiple asthma exacerbations that often required systemic corticosteroids for control. COPD is a complex respiratory disease causing multiple symptoms and therefore significant difficulty for patients. However, in the absence of HIV testing of all patients, we cannot exclude HIV as a mechanism enabling multiple infection. The 18-year-old is in the intensive care unit of the Royal Oldham Hospital with multiple injuries. She was taken to the Great Western Hospital with multiple injuries but according to police they were not life threatening. Several were left with spinal injuries and multiple fractures. Patients with multiple injuries or altered mental status, including intoxication, were not included in the study. A jogger eyewitness ran to call an ambulance, but the pensioner died from multiple injuries before reaching hospital. He suffered multiple fractures and internal injuries from which he could not survive. In 2002 our intensive care unit cared for 183 unconscious patients with multiple injuries and experienced this clinical dilemma every other day. A woman who was sitting in the front seat was taken to St James' Hospital suffering from multiple injuries. A child who suffered multiple injuries in a road traffic accident in Italy was given subcutaneous injections of nerve growth factor in a last ditch effort to save an ischaemic leg. None of the biopsies of these patients showed multiple infections. Medications are powerful, but potentially dangerous in the treatment of multiple diseases in elderly individuals. Her mother had bled to death from multiple injuries including a severed foot. As he tried to separate two bulls that were fighting, he was knocked over and trampled, receiving multiple injuries including fractures to his ribs and spine. 1.3 Of or designating an electrical circuit that has several points at which connection can occur. nounˈməltəpəlˈməltəpəl 1A number that can be divided by another number without a remainder. 倍数 15, 20, or any other multiple of five 15、20或任何5的倍数。 Example sentencesExamples By this time next year expect the percentage to be a multiple of that. The overall value of these firms, which continue to grow, is a multiple of this figure. Any other number that leaves a remainder of 0 when divided by 7 must be a multiple of 7, so it can't be a prime. Not only does this put their own lives at risk but it increases the chances of death of a front seat occupant by a multiple of five. It is affecting people who are struggling, and wondering how they can ever buy a house on their income when land prices have gone to a multiple of three or four times the average wage. This is to make each round consist of 86 points, 1 more than a multiple of five. After all, a multiple of 14 or 15 times operating profit is your standard newspaper rule of thumb. But if the hospital were sold it would fetch a multiple of that figure. Each line is obtained by adding a certain multiple of its predecessor to the one before that. But when poor countries export to rich ones this goes up by a multiple of five. However, the overall value of these firms would be a multiple of this figure. Another statistic charts CEO pay at Fortune 100 companies as a multiple of the average pay of workers at the same firms. Primitive Pythagorean triangles are a bit like prime numbers in that every integer is either prime or a multiple of a prime. Is the total amount of cash on hand a multiple of 3? She told me that she feels that if she doesn't take a number of steps which is a multiple of five, that she can cause some harm to come to her brother Michael. It may be a multiple of earnings or a percentage of sales or whatever. 2An arrangement of terminals that allows connection with an electrical circuit at any one of several points. Origin Mid 17th century: from French, from late Latin multiplus, alteration of Latin multiplex (see multiplex).
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