genesis

n. 发生；起源

n. (Genesis)人名；(英)吉妮西丝

中文词源

genesis 起源，开端

来自词根gen, 生育，词源同generate.

genesis (n.): Old English Genesis, first book of the Pentateuch, which tells among other things of the creation of the world, from Latin genesis "generation, nativity," in Late Latin taken as the title of first book of the Old Testament, from Greek genesis "origin, creation, generation," from gignesthai "to be born," related to genos "race, birth, descent" (see genus). Greek translators used the word as the title of the biblical book, rendering Hebrew bereshith, literally "in the beginning," which was the first word of the text, taken as its title. Extended sense of "origin, creation" first recorded in English c. 1600.

1. We cannot yet satisfactorily explain the genesis of the universe.: 我们仍不能令人满意地解释宇宙的起源.

4. Genesis recorded a song which took a swipe at greedy property developers who bought up and demolished people's homes.: 吉妮西丝录制了一首歌来抨击那些买下并毁坏人们家园的贪婪的房地产开发商。