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  4. initiate

initiate

/ɪˈnɪʃieɪt/
发起;开始

She initiated a conversation with the new employee.

她主动和新员工聊了起来。


正式

开始或发起某事(尤指新的进程或行动)

The company initiated a new marketing campaign.

公司启动了新的营销活动。

He initiated the project without waiting for approval.

他未经批准就启动了项目。

强调主动性,常用于正式或专业语境。

正式

使某人加入某组织或活动(尤指秘密组织或仪式)

He was initiated into the secret society last year.

他去年被吸收加入了那个秘密组织。

常见于描述加入团体、社团或仪式性活动。

搭配

initiate a process启动流程initiate contact主动联系initiate legal action提起法律诉讼initiate a conversation发起对话

同义词

startbeginlaunchcommenceinaugurate

反义词

terminateendconcludehalt

相关短语

initiation ceremony短语
入会仪式
initiate proceedings短语
启动程序

专业提示

区分initiate与start

initiate强调主动性和正式性,常用于专业或正式场合;start则更通用,可用于任何情况。例如:'initiate a lawsuit'(提起诉讼)而非'start a lawsuit'。

黄金法则

主动语态优先

initiate通常用于主动语态(主语发起行动),被动语态较少见。例如:'The manager initiated the meeting'(经理主持会议)而非'The meeting was initiated by the manager'。

词源

源自拉丁语initiāre(开始),由in-(进入)+ -itia(开始)-ate(动词后缀)构成。16世纪初通过法语进入英语,原义为‘引入、开始’。

用法说明

1. 作为动词时,后接名词或动名词(initiate a plan / initiate discussing)。2. 在正式或法律文书中常用。3. 表示‘加入仪式’时,常与into连用(initiate into a club)。

单词拆解

in-
进入、开始
prefix
+
-iti-
开始
root
+
-ate
动词后缀
suffix
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