original

1. ADJ 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[det ADJ]

The original plan was to go by bus. 起初的计划是乘公交车去。

2. N-COUNT 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. 原件; 原作

When you have filled in the questionnaire, copy it and send the original to your employer. 填好问卷调查表之后，复印并将原件交给你的雇主。

3. ADJ An original document or work of art is not a copy. 原件的; 原作的

...an original film poster. …一张原版的电影海报。

4. ADJ An original piece of writing or music was written recently and has not been published or performed before. 新创作的

...with catchy original songs by Richard Warner. …配有几首由理查德·沃纳新创作的朗朗上口的歌曲。

5. ADJ If you describe someone or their work as original, you mean that they are very imaginative and have new ideas. 原创的; 创新的[表赞许]

It is one of the most original works of imagination in the language. 这是用这种语言创作的最具想像力的原创作品之一。

6. originalityN-UNCOUNT 原创性

He was capable of writing things of startling originality. 他能写出有惊人原创性的作品。