Derivative
Derivative 作为一个评价词时是贬义的，指某作品只是在模仿别人，没有原创性。
- Her early paintings were quite derivative of the Impressionists. (她早期的绘画作品非常模仿印象派。)
- The film’s plot felt a bit derivative and predictable. (这部电影的情节感觉有点老套且可预测。)
- In mathematics, a derivative represents the rate of change of a function. (在数学中，导数代表函数的变换率。)
- 前缀：
de-(离开/自) - 词根：
-riv-(河流，如 river, rival) - 含义：从主河道流出来的分流 -> 派生。
联想 derive (起源于)。Derivative 就是“起源于”别人的东西，而不是自己原创的。
The critics dismissed the novel as a derivative work that offered nothing new to the genre. (评论家们认为这部小说是模仿之作，没有为该类型提供任何新意。)