单词 | initiate |
释义 | verbnounini·ti·ateAW verb present simple - I / you / we / they initiate BrE /ɪˈnɪʃieɪt/ NAmE /ɪˈnɪʃieɪt/ present simple - he / she / it initiates BrE /ɪˈnɪʃieɪts/ NAmE /ɪˈnɪʃieɪts/ past simple initiated BrE /ɪˈnɪʃieɪtɪd/ NAmE /ɪˈnɪʃieɪtɪd/ past participle initiated BrE /ɪˈnɪʃieɪtɪd/ NAmE /ɪˈnɪʃieɪtɪd/ -ing form initiating BrE /ɪˈnɪʃieɪtɪŋ/ NAmE /ɪˈnɪʃieɪtɪŋ/ BrE /ɪˈnɪʃieɪt/ NAmE /ɪˈnɪʃieɪt/ ~sth (formal ) to make sth begin 开始;发起;创始SYN set in motion◆ to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼◆ The government has initiated a programme of economic reform . 政府已开始实施经济改革方案。~sb (into sth )to explain sth to sb and /or make them experience it for the first time 使了解;传授;教…开始尝试◆ Many of them had been initiated into drug use at an early age . 他们中有很多人在早年就被教会了吸毒。~sb (into sth )to make sb a member of a particular group , especially as part of a secret ceremony (尤指在秘密仪式上)使加入,接纳,吸收◆ Hundreds are initiated into the sect each year . 每年有好几百人被接纳到这个教派中。ini·ti·ateAW noun BrE /ɪˈnɪʃiət/ NAmE /ɪˈnɪʃiət/ a person who has been allowed to join a particular group , organization , or religion and is learning its rules and secrets 新加入某组织(或机构、宗教)的人;新入会的人 |
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