source

英 [sɔːs]

美 [sɔːrs]

n.  来源; 出处; 信息来源; 原始资料; 起源; 根源; 原因
v.  (从…)获得

复数：sources　过去分词：sourced　现在分词：sourcing　过去式：sourced　第三人称单数：sources　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.633 / COCA.597

习惯用语

n.

at source
• 在源头；从一开始
  at the place or the point that sth comes from or begins
• Is your salary taxed at source (= by your employer) ?
  你领的是税后工资吗？

牛津词典

noun

• 来源；出处
  a place, person or thing that you get sth from
  1. renewable energy sources
     可再生能源
  2. Your local library will be a useful source of information.
     你们当地的图书馆就是很好的资料来源。
  3. What is their main source of income?
     他们的主要收入来源是什么？
• 信息来源；原始资料
  a person, book or document that provides information, especially for study, a piece of written work or news
  1. He refused to name his sources.
     他拒绝说出消息的来源。
  2. Government sources indicated yesterday that cuts may have to be made.
     政府方面昨天透露，削减可能势在必行。
  3. source material
     原始资料
  4. Historians use a wide range of primary and secondary sources for their research.
     历史学家在研究中使用大量的原始资料和二手资料。
• 起源；根源；原因
  a person or thing that causes sth, especially a problem
  1. a source of violence
     暴力的根源
  2. a source of confusion
     困惑的缘由
• 源头；发源地
  the place where a river or stream starts
  1. the source of the Nile
     尼罗河的发源地

verb

• （从…）获得
  to get sth from a particular place
  1. We source all the meat sold in our stores from British farms.
     我们商店里卖的肉均从英国农场购进。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 来源;产地
  Thesource ofsomething is the person, place, or thing which you get it from.
  1. ...over 40 per cent of British adults use television as their major source of information about the arts...
     40 %以上的英国成年人把电视当作获取艺术文化信息的主要途径。
  2. Renewable sources of energy must be used where practical...
     必须在可行的地方使用可再生能源。
  3. Tourism, which is a major source of income for the city, may be seriously affected.
     作为该市主要收入来源的旅游业可能会受到严重影响。
• VERB 寻找(产品或原料的)货源
  In business, if a person or firmsourcesa product or a raw material, they find someone who will supply it.
  1. Together they travel the world, sourcing clothes for the small, privately owned company...
     他们一道走遍世界各地，为那家私营小公司寻觅服装货源。
  2. About 60 per cent of an average car is sourced from outside of the manufacturer.
     一辆普通汽车上大约有60%的部件是由制造商以外的其他供应商提供的。
  3. ...furniture sourced from all over the world.
     来自世界各地的家具
• N-COUNT 消息来源;消息人士;(论文中引文的)出处，原始资料
  Asourceis a person or book that provides information for a news story or for a piece of research.
  1. Military sources say the boat was heading south at high speed...
     军方称这艘船当时正高速向南行进。
  2. She quotes secondary and primary sources without distinction.
     她对二手资料和一手资料的引用毫无区别。
• N-COUNT (困难的)根源，原因
  Thesource ofa difficulty is its cause.
  1. This gave me a clue as to the source of the problem.
     这件事给我提供了找出问题根源的线索。
• N-COUNT (河流的)源头
  Thesourceof a river or stream is the place where it begins.
  1. ...the source of the Tiber.
     台伯河的源头

英英释义

noun

• a facility where something is available
• anything that provides inspiration for later work
  Synonym:seedgerm
• a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
  1. the reporter had two sources for the story
• a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
  1. he carried an armful of references back to his desk
  2. he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation
  Synonym:reference
• the place where something begins, where it springs into being
  1. the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
  2. Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
  3. Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
  4. communism's Russian root
  Synonym:beginningoriginrootrootage
• anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
  1. an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival
  Synonym:reservoir
• someone who originates or causes or initiates something
  1. he was the generator of several complaints
  Synonym:generatorauthor
• a person who supplies information
  Synonym:informant
• (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
  1. a heat source
  2. a source of carbon dioxide

verb

• specify the origin of
  1. The writer carefully sourced her report
• get (a product) from another country or business
  1. She sourced a supply of carpet
  2. They are sourcing from smaller companies

双语例句

• It would be useful if you could nail down the source of this tension.
  如果你能弄清这种紧张的根源，将会大有益处。
• Military sources say the boat was heading south at high speed
  军方称这艘船当时正高速向南行进。
• These factories have displaced tourism as the country's largest source of foreign exchange
  这些工厂已取代旅游业成为该国最大的外汇来源。
• Domestic consumers of petroleum products have an interest in a secure source of petroleum products.
  石油产品的国内消费者希望其来源能够获得保障。
• Her humour and determination were a source of inspiration to others.
  她的幽默言谈和坚定决心对其他人来说是一种鼓舞。
• Some kinds of batteries can be recharged by connecting them to a source of direct current.
  一些型号的电池可以连接到直流电源上进行充电。
• The kernel of that message was that peace must not be a source of advantage or disadvantage for anyone.
  那一信息的核心是和平绝不应该成为对任何人有利或不利的根源。
• I verified the source from which I had that information
  我核实了我所获消息的来源。
• Tourism, which is a major source of income for the city, may be seriously affected.
  作为该市主要收入来源的旅游业可能会受到严重影响。
• Diplomats can be a notoriously unreliable and misleading source of information
  外交官可能会提供一些靠不住的误导性信息，这是众所周知的。