incipient
adjective /ɪnˈsɪpiənt/
/ɪnˈsɪpiənt/
[usually before noun] (formal)- just beginning
刚开始的；初始的；早期的 - signs of incipient unrest
动乱的初期迹象
词源late 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a beginner): from Latin incipient- ‘undertaking, beginning’, from the verb incipere, from in- ‘into, towards’ + capere ‘take’. - signs of incipient unrest