[VERB 动词]获得;取得;得到 If you derive something such as pleasure or benefit from a person or from something, you get it from them.
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Mr Ying is one of those happy people who derive pleasure from helping others.
英先生属于那种助人为乐的快活人。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)起源于;(使)来自 If you say that something such as a word or feeling derives or is derived from something else, you mean that it comes from that thing.
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Anna's strength is derived from her parents and her sisters...
安娜的坚强源自于她的父母和姐姐们。
The word Easter derives from Eostre, the pagan goddess of spring.
Easter (复活节)一词由Eostre(多神教的春天女神)衍生而来。
Oxford
de·rive★AWL/dɪˈraɪv; NAmEdɪˈraɪv/verbPHRASAL VERBS★deˈrive from sth | be deˈrived from sthto come or develop from sth 从…衍生出;起源于;来自◆The word ‘politics’ is derived from a Greek word meaning ‘city’.*politics 一词源自希腊语,意思是 city。 deˈrive sth from sth1( formal) to get sth from sth (从…中)得到,获得◆He derived great pleasure from painting.他从绘画中得到极大的乐趣。2( technical 术语) to obtain a substance from sth (从…中)提取◆The new drug is derived from fish oil.这种新药是从鱼油中提炼出来的。derivederivesderivedderivingde·rive/dɪˈraɪv; NAmEdɪˈraɪv/
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derivede‧rive /dɪˈraɪv/ ●●○W3AWL verb
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1[transitive] to get something, especially an advantage or a pleasant feeling, from somethingderive something from something Medically, we will derive great benefit from this technique.derive pleasure/enjoyment etc Many students derived enormous satisfaction from the course.2 (also be derived) [intransitive, transitive] to develop or come from something else → derivationderive from This word is derived from Latin. patterns of behaviour that derive from basic beliefsRegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that something comes from something rather than is derived from something:· This word comes from Latin.3[transitive] technical to get a chemical substance from another substancebe derived from something The enzyme is derived from human blood.
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