initiate

verb

/ɪˈnɪʃieɪt/

Verb Forms

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/

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initiate something (formal) to make something begin开始；发起；创始 synonym set/put in motion
- 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。
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- 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- formally
- immediately
- recently
- …
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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。
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。

Word Originmid 16th cent. (in sense (3)): from Latin initiat- ‘begun’, from the verb initiare, from initium ‘beginning’.

noun

/ɪˈnɪʃiət/

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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
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in sense (3)): from Latin initiat- ‘begun’, from the verb initiare, from initium ‘beginning’.