1620s, from Medieval Latin heterogeneus, from Greek heterogenes, from heteros "different" (see hetero-) + genos "kind, gender, race stock" (see genus). Earlier in same sense was heterogeneal (c. 1600).
双语例句
1. the heterogeneous population of the United States
由不同族裔组成的美国人口
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2. There is a heterogeneous mass of papers in the teacher's office.
老师的办公室里堆满了大批不同的论文。
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3. America has a very heterogeneous population.
美国人口是由不同种族组成的。
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4. He believes that this equation connot be applied to heterogeneous flow.
他认为该式不能应用到非均质流型.
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5. Many processes that are essential to the chemical industry use heterogeneous catalysts.