initiate1
KK: [ɪˈnɪʃɪˌеt]
DJ: [iˈniʃiеit]
vt.
- 開始;創始;開始實施
initiate a new course of studies
開設一門新課程
- 把初步知識傳授給;使初步了解[(+in/into)]
He
initiated his son into the game of chess.
他把下棋的初步知識教給兒子。
- (透過正式或祕密儀式)接納(新成員)[(+into)]
衍生
辨析
initiate2
KK: [ɪˈnɪʃɪɪt]
DJ: [iˈniʃiit]
a.
- 接受初步知識的
- 新加入的
n.[C]
- 接受初步知識者
- 新加入者
an
initiate into the world of politics
新近進入世界政壇的人
v.
/
ɪˈnɪʃɪeɪt/
- cause (a process or action) to begin.
- admit formally into a society or group, typically with a ritual.
-
(initiate someone into)
introduce someone to (an activity or skill).
n.
/
ɪˈnɪʃɪət/
a person who has been initiated.
Derivative
- initiation n.
- initiatory adj.
Etymology
C16: from L. initiat-, initiare ‘begin’.