initiate
英 [ɪˈnɪʃieɪt] 美 [ɪˈnɪʃieɪt]

vt.

开始，发起；传授；创始，开辟；接纳新成员

n.

新加入某组织（或机构、宗教）的人，新入会的人；被传授初步知识的人；

adj.

被传授初步知识的；新入会的；

变形

过去式：initiated过去分词：initiated现在分词：initiating第三人称单数：initiates

双语释义

v.(动词)

1. vt. 开始,着手 set (a scheme, etc.) working
2. vt. 接纳新成员,让…加入 introduce sb into a club, group, etc.
3. vt. 传授; 使初步了解 give sb some secret or mysterious knowledge

英英释义

initiate[ i'niʃieit, i'niʃiət, -eit ]

• n.
  • someone new to a field or activity

    同义词：novicebeginnertyrotiro

  • someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

    同义词：learned personpunditsavant

  • people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity

    "it is very familiar to the initiate"

    同义词：enlightened

• v.
  • bring into being

    "He initiated a new program"

    同义词：originatestart

  • take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

    同义词：pioneer

  • accept young people into society, usually with some rite

    "African men are initiated when they reach puberty"

    同义词：induct

  • bring up a topic for discussion

    同义词：broach

  • prepare the way for

    同义词：lead up

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

• initiate the advertisement war引起广告战
• initiate the community建立共同体
• initiate the custom首开这种风气
• initiate the members接受会员
• initiate a movement发起运动
• initiate negotiations着手谈判
• initiate a new teaching plan开始实行一个新的教学计划
• initiate the reforms着手进行改革

～+副词

• initiate accurately准确地开始
• initiate annually每年一次地开始
• initiate apparently〔palpably〕明显地开始
• initiate bluntly直截了当地介绍
• initiate casually漫不经心地开始
• initiate cautiously小心地开始
• initiate challengingly具有挑战性地开始
• initiate cheerfully兴致勃勃地介绍
• initiate civilly彬彬有礼地介绍
• initiate creatively创造性地开始
• initiate cruelly粗鲁地开始
• initiate decisively果断开始
• initiate deliberately有意地开始
• initiate delightedly高兴地介绍
• initiate distinctly清楚地介绍
• initiate dramatically戏剧性地开始
• initiate effectively给人印象深刻地开始
• initiate faithfully有信心地开始
• initiate generally一般地介绍
• initiate generously慷慨地开始
• initiate graciously通情达理地介绍
• initiate grotesquely可笑地开始
• initiate groundlessly毫无根据地开始
• initiate grudgingly〔reluctantly〕勉强地开始
• initiate habitually〔mechanically〕习惯性地介绍
• initiate haltingly吞吞吐吐地介绍
• initiate handsomely大方地介绍
• initiate harmoniously和谐地介绍
• initiate heartlessly无意地开始
• initiate ignobly不光彩地开始
• initiate immediately〔instantaneously〕立即开始
• initiate impatiently急不可耐地开始
• initiate impressively〔tremulously〕大胆地开始
• initiate insidiously〔unconsciously〕不知不觉地开始
• initiate insistently急切地开始
• initiate intermittently断断续续地开始
• initiate laboriously艰难地开始
• initiate lightly轻率地开始
• initiate listlessly无精打采地介绍
• initiate methodically有条理地开始
• initiate necessarily有必要地开始
• initiate needlessly不必要地开始
• initiate nervously紧张地开始
• initiate officially正式开始
• initiate originally最初开始
• initiate peacefully平静地开始
• initiate periodically周期性地开始
• initiate philosophically冷静地开始
• initiate politely彬彬有礼地介绍
• initiate prematurely过早地开始
• initiate previously事先开始
• initiate prodigiously奇妙地开始
• initiate professionally熟练地开始
• initiate promptly〔quickly〕迅速地开始
• initiate purposely有目的地开始
• initiate readily欣然开始
• initiate safely很有把握地开始
• initiate satisfactorily满意地开始
• initiate secretly秘密地开始
• initiate sensibly合理地开始
• initiate shrewdly精明地开始
• initiate simultaneously同一时间地开始
• initiate skeptically心存怀疑地开始
• initiate slavishly盲从地开始
• initiate successfully成功地开始
• initiate suddenly突然开始
• initiate systematically有规律地开始
• initiate treacherously不可靠地开始
• initiate truthfully真诚地开始
• initiate uncomfortably不自在地开始
• initiate unconditionally毫无条件地开始
• initiate unexpectedly出乎意外地开始
• initiate unhesitatingly毫不迟疑地开始
• initiate unreasonably不合理地开始
• initiate unreservedly爽快地介绍

～+介词

• initiate into介绍或接纳某人加入…; 使某人获知…

同近义词辨析

inaugurate, commence, start, initiate, begin

这组词都有“开始”的意思，其区别是：

inaugurate指正式而隆重的开始。

commence可与begin换用，但commence系书面正式用词，语气庄重，特指有正式程序或一定仪式，或某种正式行动的“开始”。

start在许多场合可与begin通用，但start侧重动作的起点。

initiate指创始或发起，侧重某过程的第一步，不考虑结束，强调起始。

begin最常用词，含义广泛，其反义词是end，多用于行动、工作等的开始。

双语例句

用作及物动词(vt.)

1. This term we will initiate a new teaching plan.
   这学期我们将开始实行一个新的教学计划。
2. The company initiated a management training program for small businesses.
   该公司发起了针对小企业的管理培训方案。
3. I shall initiate you into our business methods.
   我将把我们的营业方法介绍给你。
4. My father wanted to initiate me into fishing.
   我爸爸想教我钓鱼。
5. The club will initiate a new group of members on Tuesday.
   该俱乐部将于星期二接纳一批新成员。

权威例句

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α Particles Initiate Biological Production of Superoxide Anions and Hydrogen Peroxide in Human Cells
Plasmacytoid predendritic cells initiate psoriasis through interferon-{alpha} production.
DNA damage response and MCL-1 destruction initiate apoptosis in adenovirus-infected cells
VEGFR1-positive haematopoietic bone marrow progenitors initiate the pre-metastatic niche
Ionizing radiation acts on cellular membranes to generate ceramide and initiate apoptosis
RAG-2-deficient mice lack mature lymphocytes owing to inability to initiate V(D)J rearrangement.
Blood dendritic cells interact with splenic marginal zone B cells to initiate T-independent immune responses
CD133 expression is not restricted to stem cells, and both CD133+ and CD133– metastatic colon cancer cells initiate tumors