variegate + noun phrase
及物动词，直接宾语接受动作。
The artist variegated the canvas with bold strokes of red and blue.
艺术家用大胆的红蓝笔触使画布变得斑驳。
使斑驳；使呈杂色；使某物多样化；改变某物的外观,尤指用不同颜色的斑块或条纹覆盖；使有斑点；使成斑驳
To add variety to something; to diversify.
使某物多样化
To add variety to something.
改变某物的外观,尤指用不同颜色的斑块或条纹覆盖
To change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of different colour.
使有斑点
To dapple.
一般现在时
The artist variegates the canvas with multiple colors.
艺术家用多种颜色使画布变得斑驳。
一般过去时
The gardener variegated the flowerbed with different plants.
园丁用不同的植物使花坛变得多样化。
现在完成时
The designer has variegated the pattern to add interest.
设计师已经使图案变得斑驳以增加趣味。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
She variegates the old garden path by planting different flowers along both sides.
她在老花园小径两旁种上不同的花，使它变得多彩多样。
用法提示：variegates 是及物动词的第三人称单数形式，表示“使…有变化”。
The morning light variegated the lake with patches of silver and blue.
晨光使湖面呈现出银蓝相间的斑驳色彩。
用法提示：variegated 是过去式，描述使外观带有斑驳色块。
Autumn is variegating the woodland with reds, oranges, and yellows.
秋天正用红、橙、黄各色把林地染得斑斓多彩。
用法提示：variegating 是现在分词形式，表示“正在使…呈现杂色”。
及物动词，直接宾语接受动作。
The artist variegated the canvas with bold strokes of red and blue.
艺术家用大胆的红蓝笔触使画布变得斑驳。
被动结构，常与with连用表示点缀物。
The marble floor is variegated with veins of gold.
大理石地板上有金色的纹理，显得斑驳。
通过某种方式实现多样化。
They variegated the garden by planting flowers of different colors.
他们通过种植不同颜色的花朵使花园多样化。
grammar · medium
易错句子The leaves variegate in spring.
正确表达The leaves are variegated in spring.
variegate 是及物动词，表示‘使…斑驳’，不能直接用于不及物结构表示状态，应用被动语态 be variegated 或分词作定语。
grammar · medium
易错句子The colors variegate throughout the fabric.
正确表达The colors vary throughout the fabric.
variegate 特指使色彩斑驳或多变化，而表达一般意义上的变化或不同应用 vary，混淆这两个词会导致语义不准确。
grammar · medium
易错句子The variegate of the leaves is beautiful.
正确表达The variegation of the leaves is beautiful.
variegate 是动词，不能直接作名词使用；表示‘斑驳’的状态或现象应用名词形式 variegation。
vary通用改变，variegate特指色彩斑驳
diversify强调增加种类，variegate强调色彩变化
varicolored是形容词，variegate是动词
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