late 14c., "fact of undergoing change," from Old French variance "change, alteration; doubt, hesitation" and directly from Latin variantia, from stem of variare "to change" (see vary). Meaning "state of disagreement" is recorded from early 15c. The U.S. zoning sense of "official dispensation from a building regulation" is recorded from 1925.
雙語例句
1. Many of his statements were at variance with the facts.
他的說法有很多和事實(shí)不符。
來自柯林斯例句
2. This idealistic concept is at variance with reality.
這種理想主義的觀念和現(xiàn)實(shí)相矛盾。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The good in him was a constant variance with the bad.
他善良的一面經(jīng)常和邪惡的一面發(fā)生矛盾.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The question of woman suffrage sets them at variance.
婦女參政的問題使他們發(fā)生爭(zhēng)執(zhí).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Variance is about allowing assignments such as this in cases where it is safe.