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开始,起始,起源

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Origination \O*rig`i*na"tion\, n. [L. originatio.]
   1. The act or process of bringing or coming into existence;
      first production. ``The origination of the universe.''
      --Keill.

            What comes from spirit is a spontaneous origination.
                                                  --Hickok.

   2. Mode of production, or bringing into being.

            This eruca is propagated by animal parents, to wit,
            butterflies, after the common origination of all
            caterpillars.                         --Ray.

资料来源 : WordNet®

origination
     n 1: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of
          subsequent events [syn: {origin}, {inception}]
     2: the act of starting something for the first time;
        introducing something new; "she looked forward to her
        initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new
        scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern
        introduction" [syn: {initiation}, {founding}, {foundation},
         {institution}, {creation}, {innovation}, {introduction},
        {instauration}]