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，它是一個人起點與最終成就的距離。

——麥可．柯達

一、你知道origin有幾種含義嗎？

n.

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

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

要查實材料的正確起源很困難。

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

He is a man of humble origin.

他是一個出身微賤的人。

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3.【數學】原點 [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，因為沒有絕對的時間原點，所以任何系統(tǒng)在時間平移下一定不變。

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二、你知道origin和哪些詞更搭嗎？

country of origin

原產地,原產國

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time of origin

始點時間

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place of origin

起運地點, 原產地

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三、接下來，做個小測試吧

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

達爾文對許多事實進行了歸納，從而得出了他對人類起源的想法。