initiate

verb

1. 开始；发起；创始
   to make sth begin
   1. to initiate legal proceedings against sb
      对某人提起诉讼
   2. The government has initiated a programme of economic reform.
      政府已开始实施经济改革方案。
2. 使了解；传授；教…开始尝试
   to explain sth to sb and/or make them experience it for the first time
   1. Many of them had been initiated into drug use at an early age.
      他们中有很多人在早年就被教会了吸毒。
3. （尤指在秘密仪式上）使加入，接纳，吸收
   to make sb a member of a particular group, especially as part of a secret ceremony
   1. Hundreds are initiated into the sect each year.
      每年有好几百人被接纳到这个教派中。

noun

1. 新加入某组织（或机构、宗教）的人；新入会的人
   a person who has been allowed to join a particular group, organization, or religion and is learning its rules and secrets

The verb is pronounced /ɪ'nɪʃieɪt/. The noun is pronounced /ɪ'nɪʃiət/. 动词读作 /ɪ'nɪʃieɪt/。名词读作 /ɪ'nɪʃiət/。


1. VERB 开始;创始;发起
   If you initiate something, you start it or cause it to happen.
   1. They wanted to initiate a discussion on economics...
      他们想启动一次经济学讨论。
   2. The trip was initiated by the manager of the community centre.
      这次旅行由社区活动中心的经理发起。
2. VERB 使初步了解;向…传授基本技巧(或基础知识)
   If you initiate someone into something, you introduce them to a particular skill or type of knowledge and teach them about it.
   1. He initiated her into the study of other cultures.
      他将她领进了研究其他文化的大门。
3. VERB (通过仪式)接纳，使加入
   If someone is initiated into something such as a religion, secret society, or social group, they become a member of it by taking part in ceremonies at which they learn its special knowledge or customs.
   1. In many societies, young people are formally initiated into their adult roles.
      在很多社会里,年轻人经过正式仪式才算成年。
   2. ...the ceremony that initiated members into the Order.
      吸收成员加入会社的仪式
4. N-COUNT 有初步知识的成员;新入会的人
   An initiate is a person who has been accepted as a member by a particular group or club and been taught its secrets and skills.
   1. Chen was an initiate of a Chinese spiritual discipline.
      陈是某个中国神学领域的新入门者。

1. You can initiate policies until the cows come home, but unless they're monitored at a senior level, you won't get results.
   你可以花很长时间来制定政策，但除非高层对之进行监管，否则不会有效果。
2. They wanted to initiate a discussion on economics
   他们想启动一次经济学讨论。
3. The trip was initiated by the manager of the community centre.
   这次旅行由社区活动中心的经理发起。
4. He initiated her into the study of other cultures.
   他将她领进了研究其他文化的大门。
5. In many societies, young people are formally initiated into their adult roles.
   在很多社会里，年轻人经过正式仪式才算成年。
6. Chen was an initiate of a Chinese spiritual discipline.
   陈是某个中国神学领域的新入门者。
7. For example, you can create a Task to Initiate a Project.
   例如，您可以为一个项目创建一个任务。
8. This will initiate the installation sequence.
   这将启动安装序列。
9. Please note that this illustrates just one approach in integrating Initiate with an external system.
   请注意，该示例仅演示了将Initiate与外部系统集成的一种方法。
10. The system should also be able to initiate failover mechanisms to continue operation availability.
    系统还应该能够启动故障转移机制来继续运营可用性。
11. Your energetic nature and ability to initiate projects will add to your popularity.
    你那充沛的精力和发起项目的积极性会为你的人气加分。
12. Ability to work with any software that opens a serial port and initiate communication through it.
    工作能力与任何软件，打开一个串行端口和主动沟通，通过它。
13. INITIATE and communicate all relevant market and clinical research in psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and related diseases.
    发起和沟通，所有相关的市场和临床研究，治疗牛皮癣，银屑病关节炎及相关疾病。
14. But you do not have the right to initiate force against the life, liberty and property of others.
    但是，你没有发起强占其他人生命，自由和所有物的权利。
15. Allow the user, not the computer, to initiate and control actions.
    允许用户而不是计算机来启动和控制操作。
16. You should remember that nothing would be done automatically unless we plan and initiate a systematic action plan.
    你应该明白除非我们进行计划和开始一个系统化的行动计划没有事情能够自动完成。
17. The last part of this is to initiate the implementation of all the applications that I have created.
    这个最后一部分是开始的一切我已经创建的应用程序的执行情况。
18. I knocked on Lenny's door to initiate what had become our new routine.
    我敲了敲莱尼的门，我们按新的生活常规开始了这一天。
19. A control which may be used to initiate a command in an application or to toggle an application state.
    一个可以在应用程序中触发一个命令或确定应用程序状态的控件。
20. This term, we will initiate a new teaching plan.
    这学期我们将开始实行一个新的教学计划。
21. To initiate and conduct legal proceedings.
    起诉提出和进行法律诉讼。
22. In a multi-tier system, users usually initiate long conversations ( or application transactions).
    在一个多层系统中，用户通常会发起长对话（或应用程序事务）。
23. Through investigation and research, this article hopes to initiate learning of the Chinese enterprises have some reference.
    本文通过对企业学习氛围的调查与研究，希望能够抛砖引玉，对我国企业学习有一定的借鉴意义。
24. The mind is empty of all movement, therefore there is no entity to initiate any movement.
    头脑清空了所有运动，因而没有了能引发任何运动的实体。
25. The leaping flame swallowed it all, making the initiate free and pure.
    跳跃的火焰吞咽了这一切，让启迪变得自由和纯洁。
26. Initiate dialogues and cooperation on the basis of mutual respect and equality.
    在相互尊重和平等基础上开展对话与合作。
27. For us it's the first time and we are very proud to initiate this new deal.
    “对我们来说，这是政府第一次把时间，我们感到无比骄傲和自豪，以启动这一新的交易”。
28. We hope to initiate this since next week.
    我们希望此举从下个星期开始。
29. We should initiate direct talk with the trade union.
    我们应开始和贸易工会直接谈判。
30. Symfony offers other ways to initiate a module than the command line.
    Symfony的其他方式提供了一个比启动命令行模块。

noun

1. people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity
   1. it is very familiar to the initiate

   Synonym:    enlightened

2. someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

   Synonym:    learned personpunditsavant

3. someone new to a field or activity

   Synonym:    novicebeginnertyrotiro

verb

1. set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for
   1. Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II

   Synonym:    lead up

2. bring up a topic for discussion

   Synonym:    broach

3. bring into being
   1. He initiated a new program
   2. Start a foundation

   Synonym:    originatestart

4. take the lead or initiative in
   1. This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants

   Synonym:    pioneer

5. accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite
   1. African men are initiated when they reach puberty

   Synonym:    induct