original

adjective

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/əˈrɪdʒənl/

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[only before noun] existing at the beginning of a particular period, process or activity原来的；起初的；最早的
- The room still has many of its original features.房间还保留着当初的许多特点。
- I think you should go back to your original plan.我认为你应该回头执行你原来的计划。
- At the end of the lease, the land will be returned to the original owner.租赁结束后，土地将归还给原所有者。
- the original stage version of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’《欲望号街车》的舞台原版
- The original intention was to record about 80 speakers, divided equally between males and females.最初的意图是录制大约80个演讲者，男女各半。
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- The clock was restored to its original condition.这个钟已经恢复原状。
- The original findings conflict with more recent findings.最初的调查结果和最近的有冲突。
- There have been many new findings since the original report.最初的报告发表之后又有许多新的发现。
new and interesting in a way that is different from anything that has existed before; able to produce new and interesting ideas首创的；独创的；有独创性的
- an original idea独到的见解
- That's not a very original suggestion.那个建议没什么新意。
- an original thinker有创意的人
- the product of a highly original mind高度原创精神的产物
- It's a taut, fast-moving detective story with strikingly original characters. 这是一部紧张、快速发展的侦探小说，人物极具独创性。
- I don't think this is a truly original idea.我不认为这是一个真正原创的想法。
- He believes that he is creating something wholly original.他相信自己正在创造完全原创的东西。
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- They are tackling the problem in a completely original way.他们正用全新的方法解决这个问题。
- The film is challenging and highly original.这部电影复杂精巧，独树一帜。
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- extremely
- fairly
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[usually before noun] painted, written, etc. by the artist rather than copied原作的；真迹的；非复制的
- an original painting by local artist Graham Tovey一幅本土艺术家格雷厄姆 · 托维的绘画创作
- The original manuscript has been lost.原稿已经遗失。
- Only original documents (= not photocopies) will be accepted as proof of status.只有文件正本才能用作身份证明。

Word OriginMiddle English (the earliest use being in the phrase original sin): from Old French, or from Latin originalis, from origin-, from oriri ‘to rise’.

original

noun

/əˈrɪdʒənl/

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a document, work of art, etc. produced for the first time, from which copies are later made原件；正本；原稿；原作
- This painting is a copy; the original is in Madrid.这幅画是复制品，原画在马德里。
- Send out the photocopies and keep the original.寄复印本，保留原件。
- At that price, you could have bought an original!以那个价格，你本可以买一个原版的！
- He copied paintings of famous artists and passed them off as originals.他临摹著名画家的画作并用它们冒充原作。
- Can you think of a movie remake that was better than the original? 你能想到比原作更好的电影翻拍吗？
- The film stays romantically faithful to the 1963 original.这部电影在爱情上忠实于1963年的原作。
- Most items in the collection are exact copies of the originals.收藏品中的大多数物品都是原件的精确复制品。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verb + original
- pass something off as
preposition
- in the original
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(formal) a person who thinks, behaves, dresses, etc. in an unusual way（思想、行为、衣着等）不同寻常的人，独特的人，怪人
- Mark Twain was a true original who possibly did more for American literature than any other writer.马克·吐温是一个真正的原创者，他为美国文学做出的贡献可能比任何其他作家都多。

Word OriginMiddle English (the earliest use being in the phrase original sin): from Old French, or from Latin originalis, from origin-, from oriri ‘to rise’.

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in the original

in the language in which a book, etc. was first written, before being translated用原著的语言；未经翻译
- I studied Italian so that I would be able to read Dante in the original.我学习意大利语以便能读但丁的原著。
- to read Tolstoy in the original读托尔斯泰的原著