inchoate英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A beginning, an immature start. rare

动词 v.

To begin or start (something). transitive
To cause or bring about. In the field of criminology, to encourage, assist, conspire, aid and abet, incite, etc. transitive
To make a start. intransitive

形容词 adj.

Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.

— neither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate
Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling.

— The Met's chairman, Sir Edward Watkin, was also chairman of that company [the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway], which duplicated other railways' routes in an inchoate way between Manchester and Grimsby, and generally stumbled about the north.
Of a crime, imposing criminal liability for an incompleted act.

— Congress considers the inchoate offenses of attempt and conspiracy, even conspiracy without an overt act, to be just as serious as the federal substantive drug offenses which they contemplate.

词形变化

more inchoate comparative most inchoate superlative inchoates plural inchoates present,singular,third-person inchoating participle,present inchoated participle,past inchoated past

词汇关系

衍生词

inchoately inchoateness

词源

词源 1

The adjective is first attested in 1534, the verb circa 1631; borrowed from Latin incohātus (“begun, unfinished”), perfect passive participle of incohō (“to begin”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Cognate with Spanish incoar (“to initiate, commence, begin”).

词源 2

The adjective is first attested in 1534, the verb circa 1631; borrowed from Latin incohātus (“begun, unfinished”), perfect passive participle of incohō (“to begin”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Cognate with Spanish incoar (“to initiate, commence, begin”).

词源 3

The adjective is first attested in 1534, the verb circa 1631; borrowed from Latin incohātus (“begun, unfinished”), perfect passive participle of incohō (“to begin”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Cognate with Spanish incoar (“to initiate, commence, begin”).