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initiate

verb
/ɪˈnɪʃieɪt/
/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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  1. 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。
    Extra Examples
    • 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 Dictionaryadverb
    • formally
    • immediately
    • recently
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  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. Word Originmid 16th cent. (in sense (3)): from Latin initiat- ‘begun’, from the verb initiare, from initium ‘beginning’.

initiate

noun
/ɪˈnɪʃiət/
/ɪˈnɪʃiət/
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  1. 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’.

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