核心畫面

Picture a line running back from something to where it came out of: this word from that older word, this medicine from that plant, this satisfaction from that piece of work. Whatever the sentence is about, derive points at the source end of the line — which is why 'from' is almost always in the sentence.

可以想成:從一樣東西往回拉一條線,指向它出來的地方——這個字出自那個更古老的字、這種藥出自那種植物、這份滿足出自那件更多收起可以想成:從一樣東西往回拉一條線,指向它出來的地方——這個字出自那個更古老的字、這種藥出自那種植物、這份滿足出自那件工作。不管句子在講什麼,derive 指的都是線的源頭那一端;也因為這樣,句子裡幾乎一定會出現 from。

From the picture

從某件事得到好處

線的源頭沒變,但沿著線過來的是好處或感受:樂趣、滿足、利益,都是從某件事情那裡「取得」的。

get benefit/pleasure from · verb · B2

to get something good, such as a benefit or a happy feeling, from something.

得到(好處、樂趣)

Also in this word

originate from · verb · B2

to have started from something else, or to have grown out of it.

源自;來自

extract a substance · verb · C1

to take one substance out of another substance, in science or industry.

提煉自;萃取自

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

deriveverb/dɪˈɹaɪv/

  • 1

    To obtain or receive (something) from something else.

    • Reading books is the best way to derive knowledge.
    • Bob the aforesaid, and his present chances of deriving a competent independence from the honourable profession to which he had devoted himself.
  • 2

    human-scienceslogicmathematicsTo deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.

  • 3

    human-scienceslinguisticssciencesTo find the derivation of (a word or phrase).

  • 4

    chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesTo create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.

  • 5

    To originate or stem (from).

    • Her excellent organisation skills derive from her time as a secretary in the army.
    • Britannia's firebox would appear to have derived from those of the Bulleid Pacifics, which it closely resembles.
  • 6

    To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.

    • For fear it [water] choke up the pits […] they [the workman] deriue it by other drains.
  • 7

    mathematicssciencesTo differentiate (a function).

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。