COME FROM1 to come from a particular country, town etc2 the place you come from3 to come from a particular family or social group4 to be grown or made in a particular place5 when a sound, smell etc comes from somewhere6 to have developed from something7 the place, situation etc that something comes fromRELATED WORDSsee alsoSTARTBEGINNINGCAUSECOUNTRYCLASS (2)1 to come from a particular country, town etc 来自某个国家、某个城镇等come from/be from /ˈkʌm frɒm, biː ˈfrɒm/ [transitive phrasal verb not in progressive/verb phrase not in progressive]if you come from or are from a particular place, that is where you were born or where you lived for a long time 从…来，来自 She comes from Japan. 她来自日本。！ Where are you from? 你是哪里人? My wife's parents and my parents come from the same town. 我岳父母和父母都来自同一个城市。be a native of /biː ə ˈneɪtɪv ɒv/ [verb phrase]be a native of Tokyo/London/Wales etcto have been born in and to have spent the early part of your life in that place -- used especially when you are writing about someone's life 是出生于东京/伦敦/威尔士等的人〔尤用于写某人的生平〕 Hughes, who is a native of Belfast, often uses the city as a setting for his novels. 休斯是贝尔法斯特人，他经常以这座城市做他小说的背景。 DeParle is a native of Rockwood, Tennessee. 德帕尔是田纳西州罗克伍德人。be American/French/Japanese etc by birth /biː əˌmerkən baɪ ˈbɜːʳθ/ [verb phrase]to have been born in a particular country or to be a citizen of that country because your parents come from there, especially when you now live somewhere else 在美国/法国/日本等出生；是美国人/法国人/日本人等〔因父母是该国人，尤用于现在住在别处的人〕 She's lived in Australia for a long time, but she's Welsh by birth. 她在澳大利亚住了很长时间，但她在威尔士出生。 They're Russian by birth but they've lived in America for so long that they feel little attachment to their homeland. 他们是俄罗斯人，但已经在美国住了很长时间，对故乡的感情很淡了。be of Scottish/Russian etc ancestry /biː əv ˌskɒtɪʃ ˈænsestriǁ-ˌskɑː-/ [verb phrase]if youare of Scottish/Russian etc ancestry, relatives of yours that are now dead came from that country a long time ago 有苏格兰/俄罗斯等血统 There are roughly 40 million Americans of Irish ancestry. 大约有4,000万美国人有爱尔兰血统。 Her fine features suggested she was of Arabic or Indian ancestry. 从她标致的五官看来，她可能有阿拉伯或印度血统。2 the place you come from 出生的地方home town /ˌhəʊm ˈtaʊn/ [countable noun]the town where you live now, where you were born, or where you spent most of your early life 故乡，家乡 I haven't been back to my home town since my mother died. 自从母亲去世后，我再也没有回过家乡。 She hated her home town so much she would never admit where she was from. 她很不喜欢自己的故乡，从不会承认她是那里人。birthplace /ˈbɜːʳθpleɪs/ [countable noun]the place where someone, especially someone famous, was born 〔尤指名人的〕出生地 We visited the birthplace of Lenin in Ulyanovsk. 我们参观了列宁的出生地乌里扬诺夫斯克。 Muslims are expected to make at least one pilgrimage to Mecca, Muhammad's birthplace. 穆斯林应该去穆罕默德的出生地麦加朝圣至少一次。place of birth /ˌpleɪs əv ˈbɜːʳθ/ [noun phrase]the place where you were born -- used especially in official documents 出生地〔尤用于官方文件〕 Forms usually ask you your name, address, nationality and place of birth. 填写表格时通常要填上你的姓名、地址、国籍和出生地。 She hoped that one day she would return to her place of birth. 她希望有一天能回到自己的出生地。home /həʊm/ [countable noun usually singular]the place where you usually live or the place that you come from, especially when that is the place where you feel you belong and where you would most like to live 〔尤指某个人心里的〕家乡 It took us about ten years to think of Atlanta as home. 我们用了大约十年时间才把亚特兰大看作是自己的家乡。 Her home, she said, was in Southern China, but she hadn't been there since she was a child. 她说她的家乡在中国南部，但她只是小时候在那儿生活过。3 to come from a particular family or social group 出身于某家庭或社会阶层come from/be from /ˈkʌm frɒm, biː ˈfrɒm/ [transitive phrasal verb not in progressive/verb phrase not in progressive] Most of the people here come from very poor families. 这儿的大多数人出身于非常贫困的家庭。 She comes from a family of seven kids. 她来自一个有七个孩子的家庭。 He's from a very upper class background. 他的出身非常高贵。be descended from /biː dɪˈsendd frɒm/ [verb phrase]if youare descended from someone, especially someone famous or a group of people who lived a long time ago, you are related to them 是…的后裔〔尤指有声名显赫的祖先〕 She always claimed her family was descended from the ancient Kings of Egypt. 她一直声称她们家族是古埃及王室的后裔。 The Japanese are thought to be descended from tribes from the north of China. 人们认为日本人是中国北方部落的后裔。background /ˈbækgraʊnd/ [countable noun]the particular type of family or social group that you come from 〔出身〕背景 How quickly kids learn to read will often depend on both their ability and their backgrounds. 小孩学会阅读的速度有多快常常取决于他们的能力及家庭背景。 Sylvie had always expected that she would marry someone of a similar background to herself. 西尔维一直期望自己能嫁给一个门当户对的人。working class/Jewish etc background Gary always tried to hide his working class background. 加里一直试图隐瞒自己工人阶级的出身背景。origins /ˈɒrɪdʒənz, ˈɒrədʒənzǁˈɔː-, ˈɑː-/ [plural noun]the social position that you were born into and in which you spent the early part of your life, for example who your parents were or whether they were rich or poor 出身 Miller questioned her closely, about her present job, her family and her origins. 米勒详细地询问了她现在的职业、家庭状况和出身背景。humble originsa poor social position that someone comes from 卑微的出身 Politicians love to talk about their humble origins because they think it will make them popular with voters. 政治家总爱提及他们的卑微出身，因为他们认为这样可以让他们受选民欢迎。roots /ruːts/ [plural noun]your connection with a place or group in society because you were born there, or your family used to live there 根〔指与出生地或家乡的联系〕 Rizzo was a man who never forgot his roots. 里佐是个永远没忘自己根的人。 Beth went to Israel in search of her roots. 贝丝去以色列寻根。4 to be grown or made in a particular place 在某个地方生长或制造come from/be from /ˈkʌm frɒm, biː ˈfrɒm/ [transitive phrasal verb not in progressive/verb phrase not in progressive] Try this bread -- it comes from the bakery on Central Avenue. 尝尝这种面包—它是中央大街那家面包房做的。 U.S. officials say some 60 percent of the heroin on the streets comes from Myanmar. 美国官员称，街头售卖的海洛因约60%来自缅甸。 All the medical equipment here is from France. 这里所有的医疗器械都是法国生产的。be made in /biː ˈmeɪd ɪn/ [verb phrase]to have been made in a particular country 由〔某个国家〕制造 These shoes were made in Italy. 这双鞋子是意大利生产的。 About 57 percent of the cars and trucks sold in Colombia are made in Colombia. 在哥伦比亚销售的汽车和卡车中，大约57%是在哥伦比亚生产的。 The label on the bottle said the wine was made in Germany. 瓶子标签上写着该酒产自德国。5 when a sound, smell etc comes from somewhere 声音、气味等来自某处come from /ˈkʌm frɒm/ [transitive phrasal verb not in passive] The wind was coming from the west. 风从西方吹来。 Coming from outside in the street was the sound of children playing. 外面街道上传来孩子们玩耍的声音。 There was an awful smell coming from under the sink. 洗涤槽下面发出一股恶臭。emanate from /ˈeməneɪt frɒm/ [transitive phrasal verb not in passive]formalto come from somewhere 【正式】来自… Smoke emanated from the kitchen window. 烟从厨房的窗口飘出来。 The President argued that accusations emanating from Congress were not accurate. 总统辩称国会的指责不确切。 Just as the audience grew quiet, the unmistakable ring of a cellular phone emanated from the last row of the theater. 观众刚静下来，明显的手机铃声便从剧院最后一排响起。source /sɔːʳs/ [countable noun]the place that a sound, a smell, smoke, gas etc comes from 源头，来源 In the case of an electric shock, turn the power off at its source. 如发生触电，要切断电源。an unknown source The sound came from an unknown source, far away in the distance. 这声音从远处某个地方传来。source of The tank's losing water, but we can't find the source of the leak. 水箱在漏水，但是我们找不出是哪里漏。6 to have developed from something 从某事物中发展起来come from /ˈkʌm frɒm/ [transitive phrasal verb not in progressive or passive]use this to say that something that exists now developed from something else that existed before 来自… My idea for the film came from an article I read about West Virginia coal miners. 对于这部影片，我的灵感来自读过的一篇描写西弗吉尼亚煤矿工人的文章。 The name ‘terrier’ comes from the Latin word ‘terra’ meaning the earth. terrier一词来自拉丁语terra，意为地球。be based on /biː ˈbeɪst ɒn/ [verb phrase]if a film, story, idea, plan etcis based on something else, that is where its basic ideas or facts come from 以…为基础 The film is based on a popular Bengali novel. 这部影片根据一本孟加拉畅销小说改编而成。 Overtime pay will be based on the number of hours you work each week. 加班工资根据每周工作小时数而定。 Your test questions will be based on the work you have done in the past year. 测验题目将以你们在过去一年中做的作业为基础。originate /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt, əˈrɪdʒəneɪt/ [intransitive verb not in progressive]to have developed in a particular place or from a particular situation 发源；来自；产生 How did the tradition of wearing costumes on Hallowe'en originate? 万圣节化装的习俗是怎么来的?originate in Welfare is a program that originated in the 1930s to help widows. 福利救济源自20世纪30年代帮助寡妇的一项计划。 Buddhism originated in India and came to China in the first century A.D. 佛教源于印度，公元1世纪传入中国。go back to /gəʊ ˈbæk tuː/ [transitive phrasal verb not in progressive or passive]to have developed from something that happened or existed a long time ago 追溯到… Many phrases in the language go back to early religious writings. 这种语言中的许多短语可追溯至早期的宗教文献。 Our friendship goes back to our freshman year in college. 我们的友谊要追溯到上大学一年级的时候。 Jo just refuses to get into a car -- it all goes back to when she had that accident. 乔就是拒绝乘车——她出了那场车祸后就一直这样。have its origins in /hæv ɪts ˈɒrdʒɪnz ɪn ǁ-ˈɔːr-/ [verb phrase not in progressive]if somethinghas its origins in something that existed a long time ago, that is where it comes from and is the reason for it being as it is 来源于… Modern medicine often has its origins in ancient ways of doing things. 现代医学的许多做法都来源于古代。 Vaudeville had its origins in French street culture. 歌舞杂耍源自法国的街头文化。have its roots in /hæv ɪts ˈruːts ɪn/ [verb phrase not in progressive]if something such as a belief or attitudehas its roots in conditions that existed earlier, it developed from them and is still influenced by them 〔观念、态度等的〕根源是…，从…发展而来 Many music historians believe that jazz has its roots in blues music. 许多音乐史学家认为爵士乐从布鲁斯音乐发展而来。 Economic policy in the US has its roots in the free market system. 美国的经济政策是从自由市场体制发展而来的。derive from/be derived from /dɪˈraɪv frɒm, biː dɪˈraɪvd frɒm/ [verb phrase not in progressive/verb phrase]to have developed from something else, especially by a long or complicated process 来源于〔尤指经过一个漫长或复杂的过程〕 Much of the English language is derived from Latin and Greek. 英语很大部分来源于拉丁语和希腊语。 About a quarter of the drugs in prescription medicines today are derived from plants. 现在的处方药中，有四分之一左右是从植物中提取的。be founded on /biː ˈfaʊndd ɒn/ [verb phrase]to have one main idea, belief etc that something else develops from 以…为基础，建立在…基础上 The constitution in this country is not written. It's founded on tradition and precedent. 这个国家的宪法不是成文的，而是以传统和判例为基础。 White resistance to Civil Rights was founded on age-old fears of democracy. 白人对公民权的抵制来源于他们多年来对民主的恐惧。grow out of /ˈgrəʊ aʊt ɒv/ [transitive verb not in progressive or passive]to develop from something small or simple by becoming bigger or more complicated 从…发展起来〔指变得更大或更复杂〕 Socialist ideals grew out of an earlier idea that all men are created equal. 社会主义理想是从一项早期主张，即人人生来平等发展起来的。 The skill of writing grew out of a wish to put speech into a permanent form. 书写技术来源于赋予语言以永久形式的愿望。develop from/evolve from /dɪˈveləp frɒm, ɪˈvɒlv frɒmǁɪˈvɑːlv-/ [verb phrase]to come from an original idea or form and change into something bigger, more important, or more advanced 从…发展起来〔指变得更大、更重要或更先进〕 The whole basis of her novel evolved from a chance meeting she had with an old friend. 她小说的基础完全来源于她和一个旧友的偶遇。 Within years, the site developed from an area of waste ground into a thriving farm. 几年来，这里从一块荒地发展成了一个兴旺的农场。7 the place, situation etc that something comes from 作为某事物的来源或发展起点的地方、情况等origin/origins /ˈɒrɪdʒən(z), ˈɒrədʒən(z)ǁˈɔː-, ˈɑː-/ [countable noun]the situation, ideas, events etc that something else developed from 起源，开端 The rumour is now so widespread, it's difficult to be certain of its origin. 谣言现在已传得人尽皆知，很难弄清楚是从哪里传出来的。origin/origins of Astronomers hope new instruments will give them further clues to the origins of the universe. 天文学家希望新的仪器会为他们提供更多有关宇宙起源的线索。 a book that tries to explain the origin of words and phrases 一本旨在解释词汇与短语起源的书source /sɔːʳs/ [countable noun]the point or place where something comes from or where people get something from 起点，来源，出处 They get their money from various sources. 他们有多种收入来源。source of Beans and lentils are a very good source of protein. 豆子和扁豆是非常好的蛋白质来源。 Most Americans rely on television as their chief source of information. 大多数美国人以电视为主要的消息来源。cradle /ˈkreɪdl/ [countable noun usually singular]cradle of democracy/civilization/human society etcthe place or situation in which democracy etc first started 民主/文明/人类社会等的发源地〔摇篮〕 Ancient Athens is generally thought of as the cradle of democracy. 古代雅典通常被认为是民主的摇篮。 Baghdad, the cradle of civilization 巴格达，文明的摇篮birthplace /ˈbɜːʳθpleɪs/ [countable noun]the place where something first started to exist 发源地，发祥地birthplace of New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz 新奥尔良，爵士乐的发源地 Walden Pond has been called the birthplace of modern environmentalism. 瓦尔登湖被称作现代环境保护主义的发源地。root /ruːt/ [countable noun]the most important reason for or cause of something else happening or existing, especially a problem or something bad 〔尤指一个问题或不好的事的根源，起源root of Low taxation of the rich is the root of the economic problems in this country. 富人低税收是该国经济问题的根源。the root of all evil The love of money is said to be the root of all evil. 据说贪财是万恶之源。