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derive

🇬🇧 UK/di'raiv/🇺🇸 US
NGSL 2kIELTSTOEFLB1

Definitions

v.

To obtain or receive something from a source; to originate or come from something.

获得;起源于

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
dedown, away, reversal
+
riveto derive, to come from
=derive

Common Collocations

  • 1.derive from源于
  • 2.derive meaning获得意义
  • 3.derive pleasure得到快乐

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The word "photograph" is derived from Greek words meaning light and writing.

  • 2.

    Many English legal terms derive from Norman French introduced after 1066.

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