Deriving

(noun.) (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase.

亚历克斯编辑

• I asked, terrified at the unexpected sound, and incapable now of deriving from any occurrence a hope of aid. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Here Bella, deriving no comfort from her charming bonnet and her elegant dress, burst into tears. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Fanny's spirits lived on it half the morning, deriving some accession of pleasure from its writer being himself to go away. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Instances of people living by one employment, and, at the same time, deriving some little advantage from another, occur chiefly in pour countries. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• She was quite single and by herself, deriving from nobody. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• To be deriving support from the commendations of Mrs. Fraser! 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.

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