Originality
[ə,rɪdʒɪ'nælɪtɪ] or [ə'rɪdʒə'næləti]
解释:
(noun.) the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else).
(noun.) the ability to think and act independently.
黛娜编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The quality or state of being original.
阿尔玛编辑
例句:
- This originality of thought and love of experiment for its own sake were to be chief characteristics of the future scientist. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- The originality of his principles, his eloquence, and his great physical strength and beauty created a profound sensation. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The charm which the spontaneity of little children has for sympathetic observers is due to perception of this intellectual originality. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- No claim is made to originality in subject matter. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- They had little originality, and speedily became servile copyists, so that Palissy ware for a time lost the high place it had held. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Personal initiative and individual genius are poorly regarded: many socialists are suspicious of originality. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Lily uttered a faint laugh--for once Mrs. Fisher lacked originality. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- I suppose there never was a young man with less originality than I have. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Man, or at least criminal man, has lost all enterprise and originality. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Yet the greater merit of the work is not the admirable art, but the originality of thought. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Emmy said and added, with great originality, I hope we shall have a calm passage. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Only minds of extraordinary toughness and originality could resist such a torrent of suggestion. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- But one mistake is rarely avoided: they imitate the old-fashioned thing their grandfather did, and ignore the originality which enabled him to do it. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- His was an all-round originality. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The Abomination of Desolation was no mystery to them; they had discovered that unutterable Thing in the characteristic others call Originality. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
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