Derive

(verb.) develop or evolve from a latent or potential state.

(verb.) come from; 'The present name derives from an older form'.

(verb.) obtain; 'derive pleasure from one's garden'.

(verb.) come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; 'She was descended from an old Italian noble family'; 'he comes from humble origins'.

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• This principle we derive from experience, and is the source of most of our philosophical reasonings. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• They are the work of servants and labourers who derive the principal part of their subsistence from some other employment. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Then from whence, my friends, in a human point of view, do we derive the strength that is necessary to our limbs? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• From these two traits we derive our standard. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The French, in the beginning of the last war, did not derive so much advantage from this expedient as to compensate the loss of the fashion. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The sovereign, like, any other owner of stock, may derive a revenue from it, either by employing it himself, or by lending it. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• And it means nothing to thee to be hunted then like a beast after this thing from which we derive no profit? 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The Greeks derived their musical instruments from the Egyptians, and the Romans borrowed theirs from the Greeks, but neither the Greeks nor the Romans invented any. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Adverting to other advantages derived from railway locomotion, Mr. Stephenson noticed the comparative safety of that mode of travelling. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• A fit of the gout produces a long train of passions, as grief, hope, fear; but is not derived immediately from any affection or idea. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The whole system, therefore, is entirely incomprehensible, and yet is derived from principles as natural as any of these above-explained. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• During the convalescence of animals, great benefit is derived from almost any change in their habits of life. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• While the benefits derived were not directly pecuniary in their nature, they were such as tended to strengthen commercially the position of the rightful owners of the patents. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The trade itself has probably derived its name from it, the people of such countries being the carriers to other countries. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I have always thought that Machiavelli derives his bad name from a too transparent honesty. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• From some it derives a flavour which no culture or management can equal, it is supposed, upon any other. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It is in the older and more characteristic English tradition from which the Declaration of Independence derives. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Each tradesman or artificer derives his subsistence from the employment, not of one, but of a hundred or a thousand different customers. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It is the first act he notices, and he clearly derives pleasure from it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• This explanation derives a certain plausibility from the circumstance that 8000 is the ancient number of the Spartan citizens (Herod. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Whoever derives his revenue from a fund which is his own, must draw it either from his labour, from his stock, or from his land. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• 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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