1. 劈头，根源，渊源， 源泉，本源
2. 身世，出生，出身，家世
3. 出发点，开始，源头，发端
4. 【数】原点
5. 由来，因由
6. 【解】起端
7. 基因

1. 出发点,出处 starting-point; source
2. [P]身世,来历 person's parentage, background, etc.

1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being;

   "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"
   "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"
   "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"
   "communism's Russian root"
   

2. properties attributable to your ancestry;

   "he comes from good origins"
   

3. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
4. the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
5. the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived;

   "the rumor had its origin in idle gossip"
   "vegetable origins"
   "mineral origin"
   "origin in sensation"
   

6. the descendants of one individual;

   "his entire lineage has been warriors"
   

1. The social unrest has its origins in economic problems.
   社会动荡是经济问题引起的。
2. This is the true story of the weeds: the origin of the species.
   这是一个关于野草的真实故事:关于他们的物种劈头。
3. He is a Dane by origin.
   他原籍丹麦。
4. The family had its origin in Canada.
   这家祖上是加拿大人。

1. Many words in the English language are French in origin.
   英语中的很多词源于法语。
2. What's the origin of your anxiety?
   你焦急的根源是什么?
3. He is considered to be of noble origin.
   人们都以为他身世高尚。

origin, source

这两个词均可指事物的出发点。origin多指“始于迢遥的时间或所在”; source多用于隐喻,说明河道的源头或收入、谍报、消息等出处。

origin，source，root

这些名词均有“劈头、因由、根源”之意。

origin偏重指事物的劈头或由来，也指人的身世。

source本义指河道或瀑布的源头，引申指某事的出处出处，但更多指抽象事物的根源或出处。

root通常指事物产生的缘故或根源。

• He always makes much of his humble origins .
  他总夸大自己身世卑微。
• What is the origin of pelagic oozes ?
  远洋软泥的出处是什么？
• She was despised because she was of humble origin .
  她因身世低贱而受到鄙视。
• Scientists began to wonder about their origin .
  科学家们开始议论它们的劈头。
• Much of it is of unknown origin .
  此中大部分内容出处不详。
• The family had its origin in canada .
  这家祖上是加拿大人。
• Traditions of origin form a separate class .
  关于劈头的传说形成了单唯一个门类。
• It has an origin lost in the mists of antiquity .
  由于年代长远，其渊源已无法考据。
• The origins of the system are in some dispute .
  关于这种制度的劈头，现在尚有争论。
• Now it is appropriate to ask about the origin of motion .
  如今恰好来探究运动的劈头。

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