initiate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A new member of an organization.
  2. One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
  3. One who is oriented in and familiar with a topic or subject; especially, one who is an expert in it.
动词 v.
  1. To begin; to start. transitive
    — How are changes of this sort to be initiated?
  2. To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce. transitive
    — Divine Providence would only initiate and enter mankind into the useful knowledge of her, leaving the rest to employ our industry.
  3. To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies. transitive
    — The Athenians believed that he who was initiated and instructed in the mysteries would obtain celestial honour after death.
  4. To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative. intransitive
    — The king himself initiates to the power; Scatters with quivering hand the sacred flour, And the stream sprinkles.
形容词 adj.
  1. Unpracticed, untried, new. obsolete
    — the initiate fear that wants hard use
  2. Begun, commenced, introduced to or in the rudiments (of), newly admitted. obsolete
    — To rise in science as in bliss, / Initiate in the secrets of the skies.

词形变化

initiates present,singular,third-person initiating participle,present initiated participle,past initiated past initiates plural more initiate comparative most initiate superlative

词汇关系

反义词
pause halt suspend discontinue finish conclude complete stop end cease
衍生词
initiatee initiatic noninitiated noninitiating overinitiate overinitiated photoinitiate photoinitiated preinitiated reinitiate self-initiate uninitiate uninitiated
相关词
initiable initial initialism initialize initials initiation initiative initiator resume

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Latin initiātus, perfect passive participle of initiō (“to begin, originate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from initium (“a beginning”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from initus (“an entrance, coming in, approach”) + -ium, from ineō + -tus, from in- + eō (“to go”). Cognate with French initier.
词源 2
From a substantivization of the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Cognate with French initié (“an initiate, neophyte”).
词源 3
Borrowed from Latin initiātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
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