小词详解 | derive
derive 英 [dɪˈraɪv] 美 [dɪˈraɪv]
Rather than peddle brand-new virtual products, Miniwiz derives value from physically repurposing old rubbish.
“小智研发”不销售新颖的虚拟产品,而是从对垃圾的实物改造中获利。
——《经济学人》Some scientists are beginning to look seriously at just what benefits patients may derive from spirituality.
有些科学家开始认真研究病人从心灵学上能获得哪些益处。
——《时代周刊》
[动词] 从(某个特定的来源)获得某物
在阴冷的冬日里,他从拉小提琴中获得了极大的乐趣。
He derived great pleasure from playing the violin in the bleak winter.
这种最有效的药物是从鱼油中提炼出来的。
The most potent drug is derived from fish oil.
英语的 ample 一词源自拉丁语中的 amplus 。
The English word "ample" derives from the Latin word "amplus".她是个适应力强的女孩。她的坚强源自于她的父母和姐妹们。
She is a resilient girl. Her strength is derived from her parents and her sisters.
For the rest, she suffered much from depression of spirits, and took slow walks to recover them, in which she carried her grandfather's telescope and her grandmother's hourglass — the latter because of a peculiar pleasure she derived from watching a material representation of time's gradual glide away.
剩余时间里,尤苔莎心情忧郁,十分消沉,便手持外公的望远镜和外婆的沙漏,漫步荒原,消愁解闷。她带上沙漏,是因为它以物质的形式反映时光逐渐流逝,望着沙漏,她获得一种奇特的愉悦。
glean: extract (information) from various sources exploit: make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource) extract: derive (an idea or the evidence for it) from a body of information