spring: implies a rapid or sudden emergence: a brilliant idea that had ~ out of nowhere.


arise: may convey the fact of coming into existence or notice often with no suggestion of prior state: a vicious rumor ~; or may imply causation: mistakes often ~ from haste.


rise: sometimes interchangeable with arise, distinctively stresses gradual growth or ascent: as time passed, legends about the horse ~.


originate: implies a definite source or starting point: the theory didn’t ~ with Darwin.


derive: implies a prior existence in another form: their system of justice ~ from British colonial law.


flow: adds to spring a suggestion of abundance or ease of inception: the belief that all good ~ from God.


issue: suggests an emerging from confinement or from a receptacle: shouts of joy ~ from the team’s locker room.

emanate: applies to the passage of something immaterial such as a principle or thought but carries little suggestion of a causal force: serenity ~ from her.



proceed: stresses place of origin, derivation, parentage or logical cause: bitterness that ~ from an unhappy marriage.


stem: implies an originating by dividing or branching off from something as an outgrowth or subordinate development: a whole new industry ~ from the discovery.


spring: 表示突然快速的从出现，arise: 出现,可指明起因或不指明，rise: 表示逐渐成长上升，originate起源: 表示起源或出发点，derive起源派生: 之前以另一形式存在，flow: 不但迅速(spring)而且大量，issue发出: 从有限的地方或容器中发出，emanate散发: 指发出无形的东西，不涉及起因，proceed来自: 强调起源派生生育起因的地方，stem:通过分裂或分枝而发展形成(outgrowth,development)。


记忆方法: 1）首字母SAROD FIEPS重排成IF SEAPRODS如果大海催促(prod马刺让马加速) ==>物种起源于大海



    2）起源的意思是以某物作为起点meanto come up or out of something into existence.