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来源；出处

源泉；源头；河流的水源

提供资料者；资料来源

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来源, 水源, 消息来源, 原始资料, 发起者

源,源极

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1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"

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2. a person who supplies information

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3. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to; "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"

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4. a document (or organization) from which information is obtained; "the reporter had two sources for the story"

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5. a facility where something is available

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6. anything that provides inspiration for later work

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7. someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints"

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8. (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system; "a heat source"; "a source of carbon dioxide"

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9. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies; "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival"

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1. get (a product) from another country or business; "She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies"

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2. specify the origin of; "The writer carefully sourced her report"

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