de‧rive W3 AC / dɪraɪv / 动词

1 [及物动词] to get something, especially an advantage or a pleasant feeling, from something

derive something from something

Medically, we will derive great benefit from this technique.

derive pleasure/enjoyment etc

Many students derived enormous satisfaction from the course.

2 ( also be derived ) [不及物和及物动词] to develop or come from something else → derivation

derive from

This word is derived from Latin.

patterns of behaviour that derive from basic beliefs

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In everyday English, people usually say that something comes from something rather than is derived from something:

This word comes from Latin.

3 [及物动词] technical to get a chemical substance from another substance

be derived from something

The enzyme is derived from human blood.