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ADJ
起初的；最初的；原先的；原來的
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.
例句
The original plan was to hold an indefinite stoppage...
最初的計劃是無限期停工。
The inhabitants have voted overwhelmingly to restore the city's original name of Chemnitz.
居民以壓倒多數票同意恢復該市原來的名字“開姆尼茨”。
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N-COUNT
原物；原件；原作；原著；原文
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.
例句
When you have filled in the questionnaire, copy it and send the original to your employer...
填好這份問卷后，復印一份并將原卷交給雇主。
For once the sequel is as good as the original.
續集破天荒地與第一部一樣精彩。
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ADJ
原物的；原件的；原作的；非復制的
An original document or work of art is not a copy.
例句
...an original movie poster.
原版電影海報
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ADJ
新創作的；未發表的；未發行的；未曾演出的
An original piece of writing or music was written recently and has not been published or performed before.
例句
...its policy of commissioning original work.
其委托創作新作品的政策
...with catchy original songs by Richard Warner.
以及理查德·沃納最新創作的朗朗上口的歌曲
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ADJ-GRADED
首創的；獨創的；新穎的
If you describe someone or their work as original, you mean that they are very imaginative and have new ideas.
例句
It is one of the most original works of imagination in the language.
這是用該語言寫成的最具獨創性和想象力的作品之一。
...an original writer.
獨樹一幟的作家
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PHRASE
以（未經翻譯的）原語言
If you read or sing something in the original or, for example, in the original French, you read or sing it in the language it was written in, rather than a translation.
例句
He read every book or author it deals with, often in the original...
這方面的每一本書和每一位作家他都讀過，而且通常均為原著。
The texts were sung in the original Italian.
這些歌詞是用原來的意大利語演唱的。