单词 | wellspring |
释义 | wellspringWord family nounwellnesswellbeingwell-wisherwellingwellheadwellhousewellspringadjectivewell-advisedwell-appointedwell-balancedwell-behavedwell-bornwell-bredwell-builtwell-chosenwell-definedwell-deservedwell-developedwell-disposedwell-donewell-dressedwell-earnedwell-educatedwell-endowedwell-fedwell-foundedwell-groomedwell-groundedwell-heeledwell-hungwell-informedwell-intentionedwell-keptwell-knownwell-manneredwell-meaningwell-meantwell-oiledwell-readwell-roundedwell-spokenwell-thought-outwell-thumbedwell-timedwell-to-dowell-triedwell-troddenwell-turnedwell-wornwelladverbwell-nigh well·spring /ˈwelˌsprɪŋ/ noun [countableC] literary 1 a large amount of a personal quality 〔人的品性的〕源泉 wellspring of There was a wellspring of courage within her. 她浑身是胆。 2 the situation or place where something begins 源头,来源 wellspring of Las Vegas became the wellspring of a new style of family values. 拉斯维加斯成为一种新的家庭价值观的发源地。 Examples from the Corpus wellspring• This has provided the main wellspring for widespread discrimination against older people.• The revenues that washed over both for much of the 1980s flowed from the same wellspring.• This lack of sensitivity to the wellsprings of quality largely stems from shopworn but doggedly persistent ideas on where to economize. wellspring of• Her campaign to free the hostages has generated a wellspring of public support.• Poverty and hopelessness are so often the wellspring of crime. |
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