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. 起初的計劃是乘公交車去。

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. 填好問卷調查表之後，複印竝將原件交給你的雇主。

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

...an original film poster. …一張原版的電影海報。

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

...with catchy original songs by Richard Warner. …配有幾首由理查德·沃納新創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. 原創的; 創新的[表贊許]

It is one of the most original works of imagination in the language. 這是用這種語言創作的最具想像力的原創作品之一。

6. originalityN-UNCOUNT 原創性

He was capable of writing things of startling originality. 他能寫出有驚人原創性的作品。