1ADJ 起初的;最初的;原先的;原来的 You use original when referring to something that existed at the beginning of a process or activity, or the characteristics that something had when it began or was made. 起初的;最初的;原先的;原来的
The original plan was to hold an indefinite stoppage.
最初的计划是无限期停工。
The inhabitants have voted overwhelmingly to restore the city's original name of Chemnitz.
居民以压倒多数票同意恢复该市原来的名字“开姆尼茨”。
2N-COUNT 原物;原件;原作;原著;原文 If something such as a document, a work of art, or a piece of writing is an original, it is not a copy or a later version. 原物;原件;原作;原著;原文
When you have filled in the questionnaire, copy it and send the original to your employer.
3ADJ [usually ADJ n]原物的;原件的;原作的;非复制的 An original document or work of art is not a copy. 原物的;原件的;原作的;非复制的
...an original movie poster.
原版电影海报
4ADJ [usually ADJ n]新创作的;未发表的;未发行的;未曾演出的 An original piece of writing or music was written recently and has not been published or performed before. 新创作的;未发表的;未发行的;未曾演出的
...its policy of commissioning original work.
其委托创作新作品的政策
...with catchy original songs by Richard Warner.
以及理查德·沃纳最新创作的朗朗上口的歌曲
5ADJ-GRADED 首创的;独创的;新颖的 If you describe someone or their work as original, you mean that they are very imaginative and have new ideas. 首创的;独创的;新颖的 [approval]
It is one of the most original works of imagination in the language.
这是用该语言写成的最具独创性和想象力的作品之一。
...an original writer.
独树一帜的作家
...a chef with an original touch and a measure of inspiration.
He was capable of writing things of startling originality.
他能够写出极具创意的作品。
6PHRASE 以(未经翻译的)原语言 If you read or sing something in the original or, for example, in the original French, you read or sing it in the language it was written in, rather than a translation. 以(未经翻译的)原语言
He read every book or author it deals with, often in the original.
这方面的每一本书和每一位作家他都读过,而且通常均为原著。
The texts were sung in the original Italian.
这些歌词是用原来的意大利语演唱的。
Quotations
Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly metFran LebowitzSocial Studies