originate
originate 英 [əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt] 美 [əˈrɪdʒəˌnet]
v. 发源；创建
进行时:originating 过去式:originated 过去分词:originated 第三人称单数:originates
- Originate is a verb that means to start or create something. You can originate the idea of adding a fancy new coffee machine to your company's break room, and before long, your entire office could be happily drinking mocha lattes.
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- v. 发源；创建
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1. The disease is thought to have originated in the tropics.
这种疾病据说起源于热带地区。
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2. Locke originated this theory in the 17th century.
洛克于 17 世纪创立了这个理论。
- originate (v.) 1650s, probably a back-formation of origination. In earliest reference it meant "to trace the origin of;" meaning "to bring into existence" is from 1650s; intransitive sense of "to come into existence" is from 1775. Related: Originated; originating.
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