This flashcard defines "original" as pertaining to the beginning or initial state of something, as well as the first or non-copied version of a document or artwork. It also describes it as something new, imaginative, and not previously expressed or performed.
This flashcard defines "original" as relating to the beginning or initial state of something, as well as the first or non-copied version of a document or artwork. It also describes it as something new, imaginative, and not previously expressed or performed.
[ADJ 形容词]起初的；最初的；原先的；原来的 You use original when referring to something that existed at the beginning of a process or activity, or the characteristics that something had when it began or was made.
[det ADJ]
The original plan was to hold an indefinite stoppage...
最初的计划是无限期停工。
The inhabitants have voted overwhelmingly to restore the city's original name of Chemnitz.
居民以压倒多数票同意恢复该市原来的名字“开姆尼茨”。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]原物；原件；原作；原著；原文 If something such as a document, a work of art, or a piece of writing is an original, it is not a copy or a later version.
When you have filled in the questionnaire, copy it and send the original to your employer...
填好这份问卷后，复印一份并将原卷交给雇主。
For once the sequel is as good as the original.
续集破天荒地与第一部一样精彩。
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[ADJ 形容词]原物的；原件的；原作的；非复制的 An original document or work of art is not a copy.
[usu ADJ n]
...an original movie poster.
原版电影海报
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[ADJ 形容词]新创作的；未发表的；未发行的；未曾演出的 An original piece of writing or music was written recently and has not been published or performed before.
[usu ADJ n]
...its policy of commissioning original work.
其委托创作新作品的政策
...with catchy original songs by Richard Warner.
以及理查德·沃纳最新创作的朗朗上口的歌曲
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]首创的；独创的；新颖的 If you describe someone or their work as original, you mean that they are very imaginative and have new ideas.
[approval]
It is one of the most original works of imagination in the language.
这是用该语言写成的最具独创性和想象力的作品之一。
...an original writer.
独树一帜的作家
...a chef with an original touch and a measure of inspiration.
有几分创意和灵感的厨师
originality
He was capable of writing things of startling originality.
他能够写出极具创意的作品。
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[PHRASE 短语]以（未经翻译的）原语言 If you read or sing something in the original or, for example, in the original French, you read or sing it in the language it was written in, rather than a translation.
[PHR after v]
He read every book or author it deals with, often in the original...
这方面的每一本书和每一位作家他都读过，而且通常均为原著。
The texts were sung in the original Italian.
这些歌词是用原来的意大利语演唱的。
Oxford
ori·gin·al★/əˈrɪdʒənl; NAmEəˈrɪdʒənl/
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originaloriginalsadjective★1★[only before noun ]existing at the beginning of a particular period, process or activity 原来的；起初的；最早的◆The room still has many of its original features.房间还保留着当初的许多特点。◆I think you should go back to your original plan.我认为你应该回头执行你原来的计划。2★new and interesting in a way that is different from anything that has existed before; able to produce new and interesting ideas 首创的；独创的；有独创性的◆an original idea独到的见解◆That's not a very original suggestion.那个建议没什么新意。◆an original thinker有创意的人3★[usually before noun ]painted, written, etc. by the artist rather than copied 原作的；真迹的；非复制的◆an original painting by local artist Graham Tovey一幅本土艺术家格雷厄姆 · 托维的绘画创作◆The original manuscript has been lost.原稿已经遗失。◆Only original documents (= not photocopies)will be accepted as proof of status. 只有文件正本才能用作身分证明。noun★1★a document, work of art, etc. produced for the first time, from which copies are later made 原件；正本；原稿；原作◆This painting is a copy; the original is in Madrid.这幅画是复制品，原画在马德里。◆Send out the photocopies and keep the original.寄复印本，保留原件。2( formal) a person who thinks, behaves, dresses, etc. in an unusual way （思想、行为、衣着等）不同寻常的人，独特的人，怪人IDIOMin the oˈriginalin the language in which a book, etc. was first written, before being translated 用原著的语言；未经翻译◆I studied Italian so that I would be able to read Dante in the original.我学习意大利语以便能读但丁的原著。ori·gin·al/əˈrɪdʒənl; NAmEəˈrɪdʒənl/
1[only before noun] existing or happening first, before other people or things: The land was returned to its original owner. The kitchen still has many original features (=parts that were there when the house was first built). the original meaning of the word The original plan was to fly out to New York.2completely new and different from anything that anyone has thought of before: I don’t think George is capable of having original ideas! That’s not a very original suggestion. a highly original design His work is truly original.► see thesaurus at
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3[only before noun] an original work of art is the one that was made by the artist and is not a copy: The original painting is now in the National Gallery in London. an original Holbein drawing
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originaloriginal2 ●●○ noun [countable]
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1a work of art or a document that is not a copy, but is the one produced by the writer or artist: The colours are much more striking in the original. I’ll keep a copy of the contract, and give you the original.2in the original in the language that a book, play etc was first written in, before it was translated: I’d prefer to read it in the original.3informal someone whose behaviour, clothing etc is unusual and amusing