萬物初始：origin有幾種用法

Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one’s origins and one’s final achievement.

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——Michael Korda

成功很容易衡量，它是一個人起點與最終成就的距離。

——麥可．柯達

一、你知道origin有幾種含義嗎？

n.

1.起源，源頭，起因 [C] the point from which sth starts; the cause of sth

It has been difficult to ascertain the correct source of origin.

要查實材料的正確起源很困難。

2.身世，出身 [C] a person's social and family background

He is a man of humble origin.

他是一個出身微賤的人。

3.【數學】原點 [C] the point at which something begins or rises

Finally, since there is no absolute origin in time, all systems must be invariant under time displacements.

最後，因爲沒有絕對的時間原點，所以任何系統在時間平移下一定不變。

二、你知道origin和哪些詞更搭嗎？

country of origin

原產地,原產國

time of origin

始點時間

place of origin

起運地點, 原產地

三、接下來，做個小測試吧

Darwin generalized from many facts to reach his idea about the ____of man.

達爾文對許多事實進行了歸納，從而得出了他對人類起源的想法。