source

noun

1. a facility where something is available

2. anything that provides inspiration for later work

Synonym: seedgerm

3. a document (or organization) from which information is obtained

e.g. the reporter had two sources for the story

4. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

e.g. he carried an armful of references back to his desk
he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation

Synonym: reference

5. the place where something begins, where it springs into being

e.g. 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

Synonym: beginningoriginrootrootage

6. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

e.g. an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival

Synonym: reservoir

7. someone who originates or causes or initiates something

e.g. he was the generator of several complaints

Synonym: generatorauthor

8. a person who supplies information

Synonym: informant

9. (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system

e.g. a heat source
a source of carbon dioxide

verb

1. specify the origin of

e.g. The writer carefully sourced her report

2. get (a product) from another country or business

e.g. She sourced a supply of carpet
They are sourcing from smaller companies

1. 来源;产地
The source of something is the person, place, or thing which you get it from.

e.g. ...over 40 per cent of British adults use television as their major source of information about the arts...
40 %以上的英国成年人把电视当作获取艺术文化信息的主要途径。
e.g. Renewable sources of energy must be used where practical...
必须在可行的地方使用可再生能源。

2. 寻找(产品或原料的)货源
In business, if a person or firm sources a product or a raw material, they find someone who will supply it.

e.g. Together they travel the world, sourcing clothes for the small, privately owned company...
他们一道走遍世界各地，为那家私营小公司寻觅服装货源。
e.g. About 60 per cent of an average car is sourced from outside of the manufacturer.
一辆普通汽车上大约有60%的部件是由制造商以外的其他供应商提供的。

3. 消息来源;消息人士;(论文中引文的)出处，原始资料
A source is a person or book that provides information for a news story or for a piece of research.

e.g. Military sources say the boat was heading south at high speed...
军方称这艘船当时正高速向南行进。
e.g. She quotes secondary and primary sources without distinction.
她对二手资料和一手资料的引用毫无区别。

4. (困难的)根源，原因
The source of a difficulty is its cause.

e.g. This gave me a clue as to the source of the problem.
这件事给我提供了找出问题根源的线索。

5. (河流的)源头
The source of a river or stream is the place where it begins.

e.g. ...the source of the Tiber.
台伯河的源头

1. source的意思

1. 声源：任何EMI的Source必须要有天线的存在﹐才能产生辐射的情形﹐若仅单独存在噪声源而没有天线的条件﹐此辐射量是很小的﹐若将其连接到天线则由于天线效应便把能量辐射到空间. 所以EMI的对策除了针对噪声源(Source)做处理外﹐最重要的是检查破坏产生辐射的条件----天线. 以往我们最常看到谈EMI对策离不开屏蔽(Shielding),滤波(Fi

2. 资源：这个体系的大框架建立在五个基本的管理流程基础上,即:计划(Plan)、资源(Source)、生产(Make)、交付(Deliver)和退货(Return),按流程的定义可以划分为三个层次.