manu-,手，-script,写，词源同script,describe.引申词义手稿，原稿。

1. These odd assertions were interpolated into the manuscript some time after 1400.

这些奇怪的论断是于1400年后的某个时间被加入手稿的。

2. The manuscript had already been sent off to the printers.

原稿已经寄给印刷厂了。

3. The finished manuscript ran to the best part of fifty double-sided pages.

完成的手稿占了双面都写满字的足足50页纸。

4. He had decided to publish the manuscript no matter what.

他决定无论如何都要出版那部手稿。

5. Seventeen publishers rejected the manuscript before Jenks saw its potential.

17家出版社回绝了这部手稿，直到詹克斯看到了它的潜在价值。