(1) 得到，获得(obtain sth from(a source or origin)) [T+n+prep(from)] (fml)：～much(great)pleasure from books/music/one's study/sb's visit/sb's company/meeting new friends 从书籍/音乐/学习/某人的来访/与某人的交往/接触新朋友中得到巨大乐趣;～great satisfaction from coin collection 从硬币收集中得到巨大的满足;～a lot of comfort from sb's presence 因某人出席而得到很大的安慰;～much wealth from industry 从工业中得到巨额财富;～one's authority from an Act of Parliament 通过议会法案树立了自己的威信; Margarine is～ed from vegetable oil. 人造黄油是从植物油中提取的。〖同〗gain，obtain;

(2) 1) 源于(come from (sth as a course or origin)) [I+prep(from)]：The word～s from Latin/a German word/the French word for “coffee”(with a quite different meaning). 这个词源于拉丁语/一个德语词/法语中意为“coffee”的词(但意义完全不同)。The Teutonic languages～d from Primitive Germanic. 条顿语源于原始的日耳曼语。The right to rule～s from those who gave it. 统治的权利来自授权的人。〖同〗descend，originate，arise; 2) 追根(溯源)(trace the origin of (a word)) [T+n+ prep(from)]：The word is～d from Latin/a German word. 这个词源自拉丁语/一个德语词。We can～the word café from the French (word)“coffee”. 我们可以从法语词coffee中寻到café这个词的来源。〖同〗descend，originate，arise;

→͵deri′vation n 演变，派生;词的最初形义;词的形义的演变;de′rivative adj 派(衍)生的; n 派生词(物)