genesis
英 ['dʒenɪsɪs]
美 ['dʒɛnəsɪs]
- n. 發生；起源
- n. (Genesis)人名；(英)吉妮西絲
中文詞源
genesis 起源，開端來自詞根gen, 生育，詞源同generate.
英文詞源
- genesis (n.)
- Old English Genesis, first book of the Pentateuch, which tells among other things of the creation of the world, from Latin genesis "generation, nativity," in Late Latin taken as the title of first book of the Old Testament, from Greek genesis "origin, creation, generation," from gignesthai "to be born," related to genos "race, birth, descent" (see genus). Greek translators used the word as the title of the biblical book, rendering Hebrew bereshith, literally "in the beginning," which was the first word of the text, taken as its title. Extended sense of "origin, creation" first recorded in English c. 1600.
雙語例句
- 1. We cannot yet satisfactorily explain the genesis of the universe.
- 我們仍不能令人滿意地解釋宇宙的起源.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The Bible begins with the Genesis.
- 《聖經》開篇是《創世記》.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The Bible commences with the Genesis.
- 《聖經》開頭是《創世記》.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Genesis recorded a song which took a swipe at greedy property developers who bought up and demolished people's homes.
- 吉妮西絲錄製了一首歌來抨擊那些買下並毀壞人們家園的貪婪的房地產開發商。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The project had its genesis two years earlier.
- 該項目是兩年前開始的。
來自辭典例句