万物初始：origin有几种用法

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

——Michael Korda

成功很容易衡量，它是一个人起点与最终成就的距离。

——麦可．柯达

一、你知道origin有几种含义吗？

n.

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

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

要查实材料的正确起源很困难。

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

He is a man of humble origin.

他是一个出身微贱的人。

3.【数学】原点 [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.

最后，因为没有绝对的时间原点，所以任何系统在时间平移下一定不变。

二、你知道origin和哪些词更搭吗？

country of origin

原产地,原产国

time of origin

始点时间

place of origin

起运地点, 原产地

三、接下来，做个小测试吧

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

达尔文对许多事实进行了归纳，从而得出了他对人类起源的想法。