mid-13c., "not alike" (sense now in diverse); late 13c., "separate, distinct; various," from Old French divers (11c.) "different, various, singular, odd, exceptional, wretched, treacherous, perverse," from Latin diversus "turned different ways," in Late Latin "various," past participle of divertere (see divert).
Sense of "several, numerous" is recorded from c. 1300, referring "originally and in form to the variety of objects; but, as variety implies number, becoming an indefinite numeral word expressing multiplicity" [OED], a sense that emerged by c. 1400.
中文解释
1、di- "apart" + vers-.2、含义：turn to different ways, turn to many or various by separate or apart.3、该词在拉丁语中其实就是divert的过去分词，也就是说它来源于divert的拉丁语对应词的过去分词。由此取形容词词性并引申出如今的含义。
实用例句
1. Coastguards had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive.
海岸警卫队对两位潜水员生还已完全不抱希望。
来自柯林斯例句
2. They wanted to get certified as divers.
他们想拿到潜水员资格证。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.
两名潜水员协同工作,同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Lead weights and air cylinders encumbered the divers as they walked to the shore.
潜水员向海岸走去时，铅坠和氧气罐使他们步履维艰。
来自柯林斯例句
5. At the championships more promising divers are expected to come to the fore.