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derivative

noun
🔊/dɪˈrɪvətɪv/
🔊/dɪˈrɪvətɪv/
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  1. a word or thing that has been developed or produced from another word or thing派生词；衍生字；派生物；衍生物
    • ‘Happiness’ is a derivative of ‘happy’.happiness 是 happy 的派生词。🔊🔊
    • Crack is a highly potent and addictive derivative of cocaine.强效纯可卡因是一种药效极强、容易使人上瘾的可卡因制剂。🔊🔊
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the adjective sense ‘having the power to draw off’, and in the noun sense ‘a word derived from another’): from French dérivatif, -ive, from Latin derivativus, from derivare, from de- ‘down, away’ + rivus ‘brook, stream’.

derivative

adjective
🔊/dɪˈrɪvətɪv/
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(usually disapproving)
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  1. copied from something else; not having new or original ideas模仿他人的；缺乏独创性的
    • a derivative design/style沿袭前人的设计／样式
    • I found the novel thin and derivative. I had expected more.我发现这本小说很薄，很衍生。我期待更多。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDerivative is used with these nouns:
    • work
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the adjective sense ‘having the power to draw off’, and in the noun sense ‘a word derived from another’): from French dérivatif, -ive, from Latin derivativus, from derivare, from de- ‘down, away’ + rivus ‘brook, stream’.