origin, source, root

名詞 origin:

1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being
   同義詞：beginning, root, rootage, source
2. properties attributable to your ancestry
   同義詞：descent, extraction
3. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
   同義詞：origination, inception
4. the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
5. the descendants of one individual
   同義詞：lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, parentage, stemma, stock

1. The illness is organic in origin.
   該病起初是器質(zhì)性疾患。
2. The theory that all geologic phenomena may be explained as the result of existing forces having operated uniformly from the origin of the earth to the present time.
   (地)均變說(shuō)一種理論，可以將所有地質(zhì)現(xiàn)象解釋為從地球起源到現(xiàn)在已均勻作用的現(xiàn)存力的結(jié)果
3. The social unrest has its origins in economic problems.
   社會(huì)動(dòng)蕩是經(jīng)濟(jì)問(wèn)題引起的。
4. He is a Dane by origin.
   他原籍丹麥。

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n.Abbr. orig.（名詞）縮寫 orig.
The point at which something comes into existence or from which it derives or is derived.
起源：事物開始存在或起源或取得的始點(diǎn)
Ancestry:
出身，血統(tǒng)：
例句：
.We cannot escape our origins, however hard we try.(James Baldwin)
.無(wú)論如何努力，我們也改變不了我們的出身.(詹姆斯·鮑德溫)

The fact of originating; rise or derivation:
起源：引發(fā)的事實(shí)；產(chǎn)生或起源：
例句：
The rumor had its origin in an impulsive remark.
謠言源于一次沖動(dòng)的談話

Anatomy The point of attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during contraction.
【解剖學(xué)】 起端，起：肌肉的附著點(diǎn)，在肌肉收縮時(shí)保持相對(duì)的固定
Mathematics The point of intersection of coordinate axes, as in the Cartesian coordinate system.
【數(shù)學(xué)】 原點(diǎn)：坐標(biāo)軸的交點(diǎn)，比如在笛卡爾坐標(biāo)中

來(lái)源：
Middle English origine [ancestry]
中古英語(yǔ) origine [祖先]
from Latin orogô orogin-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) orogô orogin-
from ororo [to arise, be born] * see er-
源自 ororo [起源] *參見(jiàn) er-

<參考詞匯><同義詞>origin,inception,source,rootThese nouns signify the point at which something originates.
這些名詞意指某物的起源。
Origin is the point at which something comes into existence:
Origin 是指事物出現(xiàn)的始點(diǎn)：
例句：
The origins of some words are unknown.
這些詞的起源是不知的。

例句：
.Man with all his noble qualities . . . still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin. (Charles Darwin).Whenorigin refers to people, it means parentage or ancestry:
.人盡管有著他所有的高貴品質(zhì)…但仍在其身上有出身低微的抹不掉的烙印. （查爾斯·達(dá)爾文）。當(dāng)origin 指人時(shí)，它的意思是父母雙親或出身：

例句：
.He came . . . of mixed French and Scottish origin. (Charlotte Brontô).
.他有著法國(guó)和蘇格蘭的混合血統(tǒng). （夏洛蒂·勃朗特）。

Inception is the beginning,as of an action or process:
Inception 意指開始，比如一個(gè)行動(dòng)或過(guò)程：
例句：
Between the inception of the litigation and its final disposition the plaintiff`s first attorney retired.
在訴訟開始至結(jié)束間，原告的第一任律師被解雇了。

Source can refer to the point of origin of a stream or a river:
Source 指溪流或河流的發(fā)源點(diǎn)：
例句：
.the Alpine sources of the Rhine. (John Foster Kirk).In another sense the term signifies the point at which something springs into being or from which it derives or is obtained:
.萊茵河源自阿爾卑斯山. （約翰·弗斯特·柯克）。該詞的另一含意表示事物開始出現(xiàn)的始點(diǎn)或其來(lái)源與出處：

例句：
.one great original source of revenue . . . the wages of labor. (Adam Smith).
.財(cái)富的一大起源是勞動(dòng)力的工資. （亞當(dāng)·史密斯）。

例句：
.The mysterious . . . is the source of all true art and science. (Albert Einstein).
.所有真正的藝術(shù)和科學(xué)的起源是神秘的. （阿爾伯特·愛(ài)因斯坦）。

Root often denotes what is considered the fundamental cause of or basic reason for something:
Root 經(jīng)常表示被認(rèn)為是事物的根本起因或基本原因。
例句：
.Lack of money is the root of all evil. (George Bernard Shaw).
.缺錢是所有罪惡的根源. （喬治·蕭伯納）。

例句：
.Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past. (Harry S Truman).
.一位總統(tǒng)不得不面臨的大多數(shù)問(wèn)題都是有前因的. （哈利·S·杜魯門）。