• vt. 開始，創始；發起；使初步了解
• n. 開始；新加入者，接受初步知識者
• adj. 新加入的；接受初步知識的

來自initial,開始的。引申詞義開始，啟動。

initiate (n.)

"one who has been initiated," 1811, from past participle adjective initiate (c. 1600); see initiate (v.).

initiate (v.)

c. 1600, "introduce to some practice or system," also "begin, set going," from Latin initiatus, past participle of initiare "to begin, originate," from initium "beginning" (see initial). In some senses a back-formation from initiation. Related: Initiated; initiates; initiating; initiator.

1. Chen was an initiate of a Chinese spiritual discipline.

陳是某個中國神學領域的新入門者。

來自柯林斯例句

2. to initiate legal proceedings against sb

對某人提起訴訟

來自《權威詞典》

3. A language teacher should initiate pupils into the elements of grammar.

語言老師應該把基本語法教給學生.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. You can initiate policies until the cows come home, but unless they're monitored at a senior level, you won't get results.

你可以花很長時間來制定政策，但除非高層對之進行監管，否則不會有效果。

來自柯林斯例句

5. "It takes only one motile sperm to initiate a pregnancy," she said.

她說：“只要有一個精子還在活動就有可能引起懷孕”。

來自辭典例句