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initiating

/verb ih-nish-ee-eyt; adjective, noun ih-nish-ee-it, -eyt/US // verb ɪˈnɪʃ iˌeɪt; adjective, noun ɪˈnɪʃ i ɪt, -ˌeɪt //

启动,启动的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    in·i·ti·at·ed, in·i·ti·at·ing.

    • : to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.
    • : to introduce into the knowledge of some art or subject.
    • : to admit or accept with formal rites into an organization or group, secret knowledge, adult society, etc.
    • : Government. to propose by initiative procedure: to initiate a constitutional amendment.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : admitted into an organization or group, secret knowledge, etc.
    • : introduced to the knowledge of a subject.
    • : initiated; begun: the recently initiate measures.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who has been initiated.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbstart, introduce

Examples

  • Newsham said police must turn on their cameras as soon as they initiate a traffic stop, generally at the same time that they activate their emergency lights.

  • San Diego Unified leaders, who have been under pressure for weeks to provide more details about when they might initiate a widespread back-to-school plan, set a tentative date for the second phase of their school reopening plan.

  • The Clinton administration initiated the Microsoft case, the Bush DOJ was less interested and settled it.

  • Keeping your chest forward and head up, initiate the movement by stepping your opposite hand and knee forward.

  • To initiate feeding, the first pump opens to lower the pressure and draw the blood up into the proboscis.

  • Women also reported initiating sex more frequently with partners who had a sense of humor.

  • It did not prove that Roosevelt was initiating an inevitable alliance against Nazism.

  • Also left unsaid by Wise: Goodell was not initiating a law enforcement investigation.

  • She easily speaks what she thinks and not with the intention of initiating a fight with someone or playing games.

  • Kerry is correct when he argues that Israel should be rewarded for initiating final status negotiations with the Palestinians.

  • In this (p. 93) way they have proved very useful in initiating many a tiro into the secrets and mysteries of yacht racing.

  • But divine service requires not only initiating, but also maintaining worthily of God.

  • But Trask understood that Doc was initiating them into the mysteries of smelting out gold from sand.

  • Bell and Lancaster, of whom I shall have to speak, were rival claimants for the honour of initiating a new departure in education.

  • But constitutionally, we appear incapable of initiating ideas.