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单词 derivative
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de·riv·a·tive

noun
/dɪˈrɪvətɪv/
/dɪˈrɪvətɪv/
  1. a word or thing that has been developed or produced from another word or thing派生词;
    • ‘Happiness’ is a derivative of ‘happy’.happiness 是 happy 的派生词。
    • Crack is a highly potent and addictive derivative of cocaine.强效纯可卡因是一种药效极强、容易使人上瘾的可卡因制剂。
    Topics Languagec2
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the adjective sense ‘having the power to draw off’, and in the noun sense ‘a word derived from another’): from French dérivatif, -ive, from Latin derivativus, from derivare, from de- ‘down, away’ + rivus ‘brook, stream’.

de·riv·a·tive

adjective
/dɪˈrɪvətɪv/
/dɪˈrɪvətɪv/
(usually disapproving)
  1. copied from something else; not having new or original ideas模仿他人的;缺乏独创性的
    • a derivative design/style沿袭前人的设计/样式
    • I found the novel thin and derivative. I had expected more.我发现这部小说单薄且衍生。我本来期待更多。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDerivative is used with these nouns:
    • work
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the adjective sense ‘having the power to draw off’, and in the noun sense ‘a word derived from another’): from French dérivatif, -ive, from Latin derivativus, from derivare, from de- ‘down, away’ + rivus ‘brook, stream’.
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