Original

(noun.) something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies; 'this painting is a copy of the original'.

(adj.) not derived or copied or translated from something else; 'the play is original; not an adaptation'; 'he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox'; 'the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French' .

(adj.) preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed; 'the original inhabitants of the Americas'; 'the book still has its original binding'; 'restored the house to its original condition'; 'the original performance of the opera'; 'the original cast'; 'retracted his original statement' .

(adj.) being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; 'a truly original approach'; 'with original music'; 'an original mind' .

(adj.) (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; 'his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources' .

编辑:韦斯利

• As shown in the original designs, Fig. 116, she is a double ender, whose sides were to be 5 feet thick. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• It was now reduced and confined to the original purpose of its institution. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• What we call the rolling of thunder is really the reflection and re-reflection of the original thunder from cloud and cliff. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• No one expects the young to make original discoveries of just the same facts and principles as are embodied in the sciences of nature and man. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• But the position of the original in the vestry was, as I had seen with my own eyes, anything but secure. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Original genius was peculiarly his attribute. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The Wrights’ system of balance, the great original feature of their invention, is attained by what is called the warping of the wings. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I therefore myself dismissed the contractor and made a new contract with a native, at more than double the original price. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The lawyers have twisted it into such a state of bedevilment that the original merits of the case have long disappeared from the face of the earth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The skins of the larger animals were the original materials of clothing. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• What original notions you clever men have! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• With the growth of civilization, the gap between the original capacities of the immature and the standards and customs of the elders increases. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• It was not my original intention to deceive, as I have deceived you. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• In this case, his original impulse is modified. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The telegraph was still under military control, not having been turned over to the original owners, the Southern Telegraph Company. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Several originals! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Mr. Weevle reverts from this intelligence to the Galaxy portraits implicated, and seems to know the originals, and to be known of them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Have you any objection to tell me candidly whether they are really your originals? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• To produce the originals from which these Edison films are made, there have been established two studios, the largest of which is in the Bronx, New York City. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Maybe the originals were handsome when they were new, but they are not now. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It was an historical picture, uncle, from several originals. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• We seek the originals of such portraits in real life only. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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