initiate

initiate
verb
[with obj.]
  1. cause (a process or action) to begin
    开始（过程，行动）；发起，创始
    he proposes to initiate discussions on planning procedures.
    他提议开始讨论计划的程序。
  2. admit (someone) into a secret or obscure society or group, typically with a ritual
    （尤指举行仪式）准 许…加入秘密社团（或组织）；吸收
    she had been formally initiated into the movement.
    她已正式获准加入运动。
    ■[as plural noun the initiated](figurative)a small group of people who share obscure knowledge
    (喻)内行人
    boots known as DMs to the initiated.
    被内行人称作DMs的靴子。
    ■(initiate someone in/into)introduce someone to a particular activity or skill, especially a difficult or obscure one
    介绍…参加（某活动）；使知晓（困难复杂的技能）
    they were initiated into the mysteries of mathematics.
    他们被带入了神秘的数学世界。
noun
  1. a person who has been initiated into an organization or activity, typically recently
    加入某组织（或活动）者（尤指新入会者）
    initiates of the Shiva cult.
    湿婆神教新教徒。
    [as modifier]the initiate Marines.
    海军陆战队新兵。
派生
initiation
noun
initiatory
adjective
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (in sense 2): from Latin initiat- 'begun', from the verb initiare, from initium 'beginning'
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