di.ver.si.ty
n.(名词)【复数】 di.ver.si.ties
The fact or quality of being diverse; difference.差异:事实或质量的不同;差别A point or respect in which things differ.不同点或不同的方面Variety or multiformity:变化或多样性:例句:.Charles Darwin saw in the diversity of species the principles of evolution that operated to generate the species: variation, competition and selection.(Scientific American).查尔斯·达尔文在物种的多样性中发现了致使物种产生的原则:变异、竞争、选择.(科学美国人)