originate
verb OPAL W
/əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt/
/əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they originate | /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt/ /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt/ |
| he / she / it originates | /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪts/ /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪts/ |
| past simple originated | /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪtɪd/ /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle originated | /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪtɪd/ /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form originating | /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪtɪŋ/ /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to happen or appear for the first time in a particular place or situation
起源；发源；发端于 - The disease is thought to have originated in the tropics.
这种疾病据说起源于热带地区。 - The 词源ated as a marketing term.
该词源自市场行销术语。
- The disease is thought to have originated in the tropics.
- [transitive] originate something to create something new
创立；创建；发明 - Locke originated this theory in the 17th century.
洛克于 17 世纪创立了这个理论。
- Locke originated this theory in the 17th century.
- [intransitive] to start in a particular place
起源；发源；发端于 - originate in… His flight originated in Japan.
他的航班起源于日本。 - originate from/out of… Flights originating out of Toronto should reach Edmonton without much problem.
从多伦多出发的航班应该可以毫无问题地到达埃德蒙顿。 - originate at… 28 trains now originate and terminate at Tambaram.
现在有28列火车在坦巴兰始发和结束。 - originate from… The call had originated from Jamaica/a cell phone.
这个电话来自牙买加/一部手机。
- originate in… His flight originated in Japan.
词源mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin originat- ‘caused to begin’, from Latin origo, origin- ‘source, origin’.