剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - originate collapse

originate
/ə'rɪdʒ.ɪ.neɪt/
verb
[I]
* to come from a particular place, time, situation, etc
起源，发源，发端；产生

1. Although the technology originated in the UK, it has been developed in the US.
尽管这项技术起源于英国，但它在美国得到了发展。

2. The game is thought to have originated among the native peoples of Alaska.
据认为，这项运动始于阿拉斯加的土著人。

[T]
* to start something or cause it to happen
最早开始；创始，开创

1. Who originated the saying 'Small is beautiful'?
“小即美”这句话最早是谁说的？

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - originate collapse

originate ★★☆☆☆
1.V-ERG 及物/不及物动词发源；来自；产生；创始；开创 When something originates or when someone originates it, it begins to happen or exist.

【语法信息】：V prep/adv

【语法信息】：V n

【语域标签】：FORMAL 正式

  • The disease originated in Africa...

    这种病源于非洲。

  • All carbohydrates originate from plants...

    所有的碳水化合物均来自植物。

  • I suppose no one has any idea who originated the story?

    我想没有人知道是谁编了这个故事？

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - originate collapse

originate
ori·gin·ate / E5ridVineit / verb (formal)
1. [V , usually +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。
2. [VN] to create sth 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。
• ori·gin·ator noun

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - originate collapse

originate verb
Originate is used with these nouns as the subject: flight, idea, problem

新牛津英语同义词词典 - originate collapse

originate

verb
1 the disease originates from East Africa | a custom originating in the nineteenth century
ARISE , have its origin, derive, begin, start, stem, spring, emerge, develop, grow, evolve, proceed, rise, flow, emanate, issue, result.

2 Bill Levy originated the idea
INVENT , be the inventor of, create, initiate, devise, think up, dream up, coin, conceive, design, concoct, contrive, formulate, form, evolve, develop, generate, engender, produce, discover, set in motion, set up, inaugurate, launch, mastermind, pioneer, introduce, establish, institute, bring about, found, give birth to, be the father/mother of; poetic/literary beget.
-opposite(s): TERMINATE, END.

词源记忆 - originate collapse

originate 起源，发源
来自origin, 起源，发源。