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genesis

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++gen·e·sis /ˈdʒenɪsɪs/ noun [singular] formal  BEGINNINGthe beginning or origin of something 起源,开始,开端genesis of the genesis of the myth 这个神话故事的起源
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genesisClearly though, he is more concerned with the ideological genesis and effects of punishment than with its relationship with economics.The cover-up lasts to this day, but its genesis is now unravelling.But more than that they imply a specific theory about the genesis of social violence.This book has an unpromising genesis.genesis ofThe company dates the genesis of its problems to the early 1980s.
nGenesis  nthe first book of the Old Testament of the Bible, which describes the history of the Earth and its people. It includes the creation of Heaven and the Earth, the story of Adam and Eve and, and the story of the flood. Many people know the first words of Genesis In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.Origin genesis (1600-1700) Latin Greek, from gignesthai to be born
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genesis
genesis /ˈdʒenəsəs, ˈdʒenɪsəs/ noun [singular] formal
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: Greek, from gignesthai 'to be born'
the beginning or origin of something
    genesis of
    the genesis of the myth


Genesis
Genesis
the first book of the Old Testament of the Bible, which describes the history of the Earth and its people. It includes the creation of Heaven and the Earth, the story of Adam and Eve and, and the story of the flood. Many people know the first words of Genesis:
    In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.


gen·esisBrE /ˈdʒenəsɪs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdʒenəsɪs/ 🔊 noun [singular] (formal) the beginning or origin of sth 开端;创始;起源