germ ·phrase

那个不经意的提议，正是一个后来改变了公司的绝妙想法的萌芽。

That casual suggestion was ___the ___germ ___of a brilliant idea that later transformed the company.

在他们第一次看似琐碎的对话中，蕴含着一个革命性科学理论的雏形。

In their first, seemingly trivial conversation, lay ___the ___germ ___of a revolutionary scientific theory.

最初的草图包含了他将花费未来十年去完成的那幅杰作的种子。

The initial sketch contained ___the ___germ ___of the masterpiece he would spend the next decade completing.