Originality
[ə,rɪdʒɪ'nælɪtɪ] or [ə'rɪdʒə'næləti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else).
(noun.) the ability to think and act independently.
黛娜編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality or state of being original.
阿尔玛編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- This originality of thought and love of experiment for its own sake were to be chief characteristics of the future scientist. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The originality of his principles, his eloquence, and his great physical strength and beauty created a profound sensation. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The charm which the spontaneity of little children has for sympathetic observers is due to perception of this intellectual originality. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- No claim is made to originality in subject matter. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- They had little originality, and speedily became servile copyists, so that Palissy ware for a time lost the high place it had held. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Personal initiative and individual genius are poorly regarded: many socialists are suspicious of originality. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Lily uttered a faint laugh--for once Mrs. Fisher lacked originality. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I suppose there never was a young man with less originality than I have. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Man, or at least criminal man, has lost all enterprise and originality. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Yet the greater merit of the work is not the admirable art, but the originality of thought. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Emmy said and added, with great originality, I hope we shall have a calm passage. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Only minds of extraordinary toughness and originality could resist such a torrent of suggestion. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- His was an all-round originality. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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. 雪麗.
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