provenance
provenance 英 [ˈprɒvənəns] 美 [ˈprɑvənəns]
n. 出处，起源
名词复数:provenances
- Where something comes from is its provenance. If a style of music originated in the capital of Rhode Island, you could say that its provenance was Providence.
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- n. 出处，起源
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1. I asked her for the provenance.
我问她东西的出处。
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2. Parker, meanwhile, launched an investigation into the provenance of his painting.
帕克，同时也对他的那幅画的的起源展开调查。
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3. It says the objects are about 650 years old and are being evaluated for their provenance and worth.
据说这些物品大概有650年的历史了，人们正在就它们的出处和价值进行估价。
- provenance (n.) 1785, from French provenance "origin, production," from provenant, present participle of Middle French provenir "come forth, arise, originate," from Latin provenire "come forth, originate, appear, arise," from pro "forth" (see pro-) + venire "to come," from a suffixed form of PIE root *gwa- "to go, come."
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