incipient
incipient
[ɪnˈsɪpɪənt]
adjective
incipience
noun
incipiency
noun
incipiently
adverb
语源
[ɪnˈsɪpɪənt]
adjective
- in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop
初期的，早期的；刚发生的，刚发展的
he could feel incipient anger building up.
他能感到刚升起的怒火。
an incipient black eye.
刚发生的丑事。
■(of a person) developing into a specified type or role
（人）正成为某类型（或角色）的，准的
we seemed more like friends than incipient lovers.
我们似乎更像朋友，而不是准情人。
incipience
noun
incipiency
noun
incipiently
adverb
语源
- late 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a beginner): from Latin incipient- 'undertaking, beginning', from the verb incipere, from in- 'into, towards' + capere 'take'
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