initiate
verb OPAL W
/ɪˈnɪʃieɪt/
/ɪˈnɪʃieɪt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they initiate | /ɪˈnɪʃieɪt/ /ɪˈnɪʃieɪt/ |
| he / she / it initiates | /ɪˈnɪʃieɪts/ /ɪˈnɪʃieɪts/ |
| past simple initiated | /ɪˈnɪʃieɪtɪd/ /ɪˈnɪʃieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle initiated | /ɪˈnɪʃieɪtɪd/ /ɪˈnɪʃieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form initiating | /ɪˈnɪʃieɪtɪŋ/ /ɪˈnɪʃieɪtɪŋ/ |
- initiate something (formal) to make something begin
开始；发起；创始 - to initiate legal proceedings against somebody
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。
- Anyone has the right to initiate legislation in Parliament by means of a private bill.
任何人在议会中都有权以私人法案的形式提出立法。 - Bacteria then enters the wound and initiates infection.
细菌随后进入伤口并引发感染。 - He initiated a national debate on reform.
他发起了一场关于改革的全国性讨论。 - The organization may initiate legal action against you.
该组织可能对你提起诉讼。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- formally
- immediately
- recently
- …
- to initiate legal proceedings against somebody
- initiate somebody (into something) to explain something to somebody 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。 - His uncle initiated him into the pleasures of sailing.
他叔叔使他开始享受航海的乐趣。
- Many of them had been initiated into drug use at an early age.
- initiate somebody (into something) to make somebody 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。
- Hundreds are initiated into the sect each year.
词源mid 16th cent. (in sense (3)): from Latin initiat- ‘begun’, from the verb initiare, from initium ‘beginning’.