derive

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de·rive /dɪˈraɪv/ W3 AWL verb

1 [transitiveT]GET to get something, especially an advantage or a pleasant feeling, from something 得到，获得〔优势或愉快的感受〕

derive something from something

Medically, we will derive great benefit from this technique.

从医学的角度来讲，这一技术将使我们受益匪浅。

derive pleasure/enjoyment etc

Many students derived enormous satisfaction from the course.

许多学生从这门课程中得到了巨大的满足。

2 (also be derived) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]COME FROM/ORIGINATE to develop or come from something else 源自，源于 → derivation

derive from

This word is derived from Latin.

该词源自拉丁语。

patterns of behaviour that derive from basic beliefs

源于基本信仰的行为模式

In everyday English, people usually say that something comes from something rather than is derived from something: 在日常英语中,人们一般用 come from 表示“源自”的意思,而不用 be derived from

This word comes from Latin.

该词源自拉丁语。

3 [transitiveT]HC technical to get a chemical substance from another substance 提取〔化学物质〕

be derived from something

The enzyme is derived from human blood.

这种酶是从人体血液中提取的。

Examples from the Corpus

derive• The process used to derive criteria commenced with a general view of the learning objectives to be focused upon.• A country can also derive export revenue from service income, e.g. shipping and tourism, together with remittances from overseas workers.• Which suggests that the life patterns imposed on infants in fact derive from biological need.• They also denote deliberate obfuscations deriving from Dada and Surrealism.• This Board rejected both these submissions and held that the profits did not arise in or derive from Hong Kong.• One of the first commercial products to derive from this biotechnology is likely to be genetically engineered tomatoes.• Throughout his early adult life he passed from one religious system to another, unable to derive lasting spiritual satisfaction form any.• Then she decided to wash her hair, thinking she might derive some comfort from this familiar rite.

derive something from something• Hughes' music is derived from blues and jazz.• Children derive comfort from familiar surroundings.• The enzyme is derived from human blood.• Many colleges derive most of their income from tuition fees.

be derived from something• This prediction is derived from a free-form textual description of the problem.• The knowledge is derived from the actual relationships implicit in the data.• There are several possible ways of administering tests which might be derived from the Cockcroft Committee's recommendations.• Disease activity must therefore be derived from the degree of abnormal bowel uptake on abdominal scans.• The drink and drug revenue, too, is derived from the poor.• The following problem solving technique is derived from the practice of work study and management consultancy.• The cognitive schemata of the adult are derived from the sensorimotor schemata of the child.

Origin derive

(1300-1400) French dériver, from Latin derivare “to draw out water”, from rivus “stream”

de·rive verb →REGISTER1

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