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’.