derive [dɪˈraɪv] v. 得到,获得(优势或愉快的感受);(使)起源于,来自
例句 But unlike the Alaskan model, which derives its revenues from resource
extraction and therefore encourages fossil fuel use, a climate dividendfunded by a carbon tax would encourage the precise opposite: efficiency
and cleaner energy.【2015-11《大西洋月刊》】
阿拉斯加模式从资源开采中获取收益,因此鼓励化石燃料的使用;但由碳税资助的气候红利与这一模式不同,它将提倡完全相反的东西,即(能源)效率和更清洁的能源。
n. 获得的东西,取得的进展