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the originator of [something]
表示某事物的创始人或发起人。
He is widely regarded as the originator of the modern computer.
他被广泛认为是现代计算机的创始人。
创始人；发起者；发明者
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创始人；发起者；发明者
someone who creates new things
He is widely regarded as the originator of the modern computer.
他被广泛认为是现代计算机的创始人。
创造、创始或建立某物的人。
Someone who originates, creates or founds something.
创始人；发明者(创造新事物的人)
someone who creates new things
She is the originator of the popular recipe that everyone loves.
她是大家都很喜欢的那个热门食谱的创始人。
The company's founder was also the originator of the design used in all its products.
这家公司的创始人也是其所有产品所用设计的首创者。
Historians often describe him as the originator of the movement, though he stayed in the background.
历史学家常称他是这场运动的发起者，尽管他一直处于幕后。
表示某事物的创始人或发起人。
He is widely regarded as the originator of the modern computer.
他被广泛认为是现代计算机的创始人。
She was the originator of the innovative project.
她是这个创新项目的发起人。
注意使用复数形式。
The originators of the theory proposed a new framework.
该理论的创始人们提出了一个新框架。
Not this
He originator the concept.
Use this
He originated the concept.
Originator 是名词，不能用作动词。应使用动词 originate。
Not this
She is originator of the movement.
Use this
She is an originator of the movement.
Originator 是可数名词，单数形式前需要不定冠词 a/an。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
这个想法的提出者
She is widely regarded as the originator of the idea that shaped the company's strategy.
她被广泛认为是塑造公司战略这一想法的提出者。
理论的创立者
Darwin is known as the originator of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
达尔文被誉为自然选择进化论的创立者。
计划的发起人
The originator of the plan had to defend it before the committee.
该计划的发起人不得不在委员会面前为它辩护。
传统的开创者
My grandfather was the originator of our family's holiday tradition.
我祖父是我们家节日传统的开创者。
某个说法的首创者
No one knows who was the originator of that popular phrase.
没有人知道那句流行说法的首创者是谁。
我是创始人，我是解放者，我是摇滚乐的缔造者。
Little Richard is widely regarded as an originator of rock and roll music.
小理查德被广泛认为是摇滚乐的创始人之一。
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联想拆解：origin（起源）+ ator（做事的人）→ 开创起源的人，即创始人、发明者。
语域：formal 常见场景：法律文件、商务报告、学术写作 originator 多用于正式或书面语境，如法律、商务和学术场合，指发起或创造某事物的人；日常口语中更常见 founder 或 creator。
这些词都与 originator 一样以 -ator 结尾，末尾通常读 /tɚ/（如 /ˈeɪtɚ/、/ˈneɪtɚ/）。但它们的重音位置不同：originator 的重音在第二个音节 /ˈɪdʒ/，而上面这些词的重音多在第一个音节，因此它们不算严格的押韵词。若只看词尾，则它们有相近的 /tɚ/ 结尾音。
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