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Provenance 英 Prɒvənəns] 美 Prɑːvənəns N.出处;起源 Poem Clear Plant's

英语单词 provenance
英美音标 英 ['prɒvənəns] 美 ['prɑːvənəns]
中文释义 n.出处;起源
英语例句 (1) The provenance of this poem not clear.
(2) This plant's provenance is Asia.
中文例句 (1) 这首诗出处不详。
(2) 这种植物原产于亚洲。
vocabulary简明 Where something comes from is its provenance. If a style of music originated in the capital of Rhode Island, you could say that its provenance was Providence.
vocabulary扩展 Some items of foreign provenance are taxed more heavily than domestic products. If you claim that an artwork put up for sale was stolen from your family's art collection, an investigation may be ordered to resolve issues of provenance. In this case, provenance refers to who has the legal right to the specific work of art, or to whom it belongs.
柯林斯解释
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[N-VAR 可变名词]起源;来源;出处 The provenance of something is the place that it comes from or that it originally came from.
  [usu with poss]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • Kato was fully aware of the provenance of these treasures...

    加藤完全清楚这些珍宝的来源。

  • He had no idea of its provenance.

    他不知道其出处。

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