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.
双语例句
1. Many of his statements were at variance with the facts.
他的说法有很多和事实不符。
来自柯林斯例句
2. This idealistic concept is at variance with reality.
这种理想主义的观念和现实相矛盾。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The good in him was a constant variance with the bad.
他善良的一面经常和邪恶的一面发生矛盾.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The question of woman suffrage sets them at variance.
妇女参政的问题使他们发生争执.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. Variance is about allowing assignments such as this in cases where it is safe.
