Genesis



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 创始, 起源
• ［英］ n. 创始, 起源 ( beginning; origin)
• ［记］ gene ( 产生, 基因) +sis -> 创始, 大写 Genesis 专指《圣经》中的《创世纪》
• ［例］ the genesis of an idea

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural geneses)

• Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from gignesthai to be born — more at kin
• Date: circa 1604
• the origin or coming into being of something <the genesis of a new political movement>

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