n.(名词)

1. 原始资料
2. 出处
3. 源，来源，根源，原因
4. 消息或证据来源，提供消息者
5. 源头，水源，源泉
6. 发起者，创造者，创造者
7. 原型，模型
8. 世系，血统
9. 【物】源，【电】源极，电源，信号源
10. （投资等）利息的支付者

v.(动词)

1. 发源
2. 寻求来源
3. 发起，引起，向...提供消息
4. （从特定来源）获得

n.(名词)

1. [C] 河流的源头,发源地 starting-point of a river
2. [C] 来源,出处 place from which sth comes or is obtained
3. [C] 原因 a cause
4. [C] 提供资料者,资料来源 a person or thing that supplies information

Noun:

1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being;

   "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"
   "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"
   "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"
   "communism's Russian root"
   

2. a document (or organization) from which information is obtained;

   "the reporter had two sources for the story"
   

3. anything that provides inspiration for later work

4. a facility where something is available

5. a person who supplies information

6. someone who originates or causes or initiates something;

   "he was the generator of several complaints"
   

7. (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system;

   "a heat source"
   "a source of carbon dioxide"
   

8. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies;

   "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival"
   

9. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to;

   "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"
   "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"
   

Verb:

1. get (a product) from another country or business;

   "She sourced a supply of carpet"
   "They are sourcing from smaller companies"
   

2. specify the origin of;

   "The writer carefully sourced her report"
   

1.来源;产地
Thesource of something is the person, place, or thing which you get it from.

e.g. ...over 40 per cent of British adults use television as their majorsource 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。
e.g. Renewable sources of energy must be used where practical...
必须在可行的地方使用可再生能源。

2.寻找(产品或原料的)货源
In business, if a person or firmsources a product or a raw material, they find someone who will supply it.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

sourcing
The union is particularly concerned at the sourcing of products abroad.
该联盟尤其关注海外的产品货源。

3.消息来源;消息人士;(论文中引文的)出处，原始资料
Asource is a person or book that provides information for a news story or for a piece of research.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

4.(困难的)根源，原因
Thesource of a difficulty is its cause.

e.g. This gave me a clue as to thesource of the problem.
这件事给我提供了找出问题根源的线索。

5.(河流的)源头
Thesource of a river or stream is the place where it begins.

e.g. ...thesource of the Tiber.
台伯河的源头

1. source的意思

1. 声源：任何EMI的source必须要有天线的存在﹐才能产生辐射的情形﹐若仅单独存在噪声源而没有天线的条件﹐此辐射量是很小的﹐若将其连接到天线则由于天线效应便把能量辐射到空间. 所以EMI的对策除了针对噪声源(source)做处理外﹐最重要的是检查破坏产生辐射的条件----天线. 以往我们最常看到谈EMI对策离不开屏蔽(Shielding),滤波(Fi

2. 资源：这个体系的大框架建立在五个基本的管理流程基础上,即:计划(Plan)、资源(source)、生产(Make)、交付(Deliver)和退货(Return),按流程的定义可以划分为三个层次.

renewable energy sources

可再生能源

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。

What is their main source of income?

他们的主要收入来源是什么？

He refused to name his sources.

他拒绝说出消息的来源。

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。

source material

原始资料

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。

a source of violence

暴力的根源

a source of confusion

困惑的缘由

the source of the Nile

尼罗河的发源地

Is your salary taxed at source (= by your employer) ?

你领的是税后工资吗？

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。

...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。

Renewable sources of energy must be used where practical...

必须在可行的地方使用可再生能源。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

...the source of the Tiber.

台伯河的源头

A dog that barks constantly can be a source of annoyance to the neighbours.

吠个不停的狗会惹邻居烦恼.

I've heard from a reliable source that company is running very badly.

我已从一位可靠人士那儿获悉,这家公司经营得非常糟糕.

We pasted the enemy's greatest source of supply.

我们对敌人的最大补给来源予以重击.

All works of art have life as their source.

一切文艺创作都来源于生活.

In economic work, we should pay attention to opening up the source and regulating the flow from time to time.

在经济工作中, 应该经常注意开源节流.

You ought to examine yourself honestly and find out the source of your erroneous views.

你应该老老实实地反躬自省,找出你这些错误观点的根源.

1. Where is the source of the Nile?
   尼罗河发源于何处?
2. They are trying to trace the source of the trouble.
   他们正设法找出这件麻烦事的起因。
3. This faulty connection is the source of the engine trouble.
   这种错误的连接法是引擎出毛病的原因。
4. I've heard from a reliable source that company is running very badly.
   我已从一位可靠人士那儿获悉,这家公司经营的非常糟糕。

at source

在源头,在发源地at the point of origin or beginning

动词+～

• source%20of">disclose one's source of泄露…的来源
• source">discover the source发现…的源头
• source%20at">take its source at发源于…

形容词+～

• source%20of%20information">rich source of information丰富的信息来源
• sources">authoritative sources权威出处
• sources">chief sources主要收入
• sources">historical sources史料
• sources">power sources能源

介词+～

• source%20of%20food%20supply">as a source of food supply作为食品供应的一个来源
• sources">from all sources从各个方面
• source">trace to its source追根寻源

• An expedition searching for the source of the river Niger.

  出自：Julia Hamilton

• Being given permission to cry ad lib had the effect of drying up the source.

  出自：fig.

Quality Control-(品管)

A：We're having some quality-control problems, Jim. We need to go to thesource to work them out.
吉姆，我们有一些品管的问题。我们必须找出问题根源并设法解决。

B：What problems are you having, exactly?
你们究竟有什么问题？

A：The complaint rate for our new product line is very high, almost seven percent.
我们新产品的抱怨率非常高，几乎高达百分之七。

B：That's high.
的确很高。

source

A：Yes. We keep finding problems when testing the boards.
没错。我们测试声卡时一直发现问题。

B：But your promotional materials claim the boards are the least expensive of their type on the market.
可是你们的促销材料要求这种声卡必须是市场上同类型产品中最便宜的。

source

A：The least expensive, but still fully functional. And we think that your factory needs to take measures to improve quality control.
是要最便宜，但仍要有完备的功能。我们认为你们工厂需要采取措施来改善品管。

B：That will involve additional expenses for us, which we'll have to pass on to you as a rate hike.
那意味我们会有额外的开销，而我们会把价格增加部分转嫁到你们身上。

A：I'm afraid that's unacceptable. Your contract says that you will deliver a product with a reject rate of less than five percent.
恐怕我们无法接受。你们的合约上说你们会以低于百分之五的瑕疵率交货。

B：Well, I'll tell you what, Mike. I'll review the contract and talk with management. Then we'll get together and hash this out.
嗯，莱斯特我跟你说，我会再看一遍合约，并和管理部门讨论。然后我们会一起讨论解决这个问题。

1. source指河流的“源”，常以复数形式sources出现，如the sources of the Rhine（莱茵河的发源地）；
2. source本身指原始资料，不能加original修饰，没有original source的说法；
3. source指“消息来源”时，通常不举出具体的消息来源。

n.(名词)

source, origin

这两个词均可指事物的起点。origin多指“始于遥远的时间或地点”; source多用于隐喻,说明河流的源头或收入、情报、消息等来源。

origin，source，root

这些名词均有“起源、起因、根源”之意。

origin侧重指事物的起源或由来，也指人的出身。

source本义指河流或瀑布的源头，引申指某事的来源出处，但更多指抽象事物的根源或来源。

root通常指事物产生的原因或根源。

• ☆ 1346年进入英语，直接源自古法语的sourse，意为开启，源头。