(of an official speech, meeting, etc. )正式讲话、会议等 first, and marking the beginning of something important, for example the time when a new leader or parliament starts work, when a new organization is formed or when something is used for the first time 就职的;开幕的;成立的;创始的 the President’s inaugural address 总统的就职演说 the professor’s inaugural lecture 教授的就职演讲 the inaugural meeting of the geographical society 地理学会的成立大会 the inaugural flight of the space shuttle 航天飞机的首次飞行
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInaugural is used with these nouns:- address
- ceremony
- concert
- …
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French (from inaugurer ‘inaugurate’, from Latin inaugurare) + -al.