记忆方法
双解例句
小知识
If you want to end the feud between your siblings, you might need to initiate peace talks — and come up with a fair way to decide who gets the top bunk. As a verb, initiate means to start. As a noun, initiate refers to someone who has been inducted into a group.
Initiate is tricky because you pronounce the last bit one way as a verb (i-ni-she-ate) and another when it's a noun (i-ni-she-at). If you're an initiate, you've been introduced to a field of study, an activity, a club, etc. As a verb, to initiate is to begin, pioneer, or broach a topic. You might say, “Let's initiate the swearing-in ceremony so our new initiates can join the Rule-Breakers' Club and still get home without missing their curfews.”
实用短语
单词用法
词根词缀
词根: it
=go,表示”行走”
adj.
ambitious 有抱负的,雄心勃勃的;有野心的ambition怠鷄dj.有抱负的,雄心勃勃的;有野心的
initial 最初的,开头的;词首的in进+it行走+ial..的→走进→开始的
initiative 创始的,起始的in进+it行走+iative=ive……的→走进的→开始的
itinerant 巡回的,流动的itiner=it变体+ant……的→走的→走来走去的
seditious 煽动性的sed=se分开+it走+ious……的→分开走的→煽动叛乱的
transitory 短暂的trans变换+it走+ory……的→你走他来→短暂的
n.
ambition 对[成功,权力等]的强烈欲望,野心;雄心amb大+it行走+ion表名词→走大步,雄心
exit 出口,通道ex出+it行走→走出,出口
initial 词首大写字母in进+it行走+ial..的→走进→开始的
initiative 第一步,创始,主动精神in进+it行走+iative=ive……的→走进的→开始的
itinerary 行程表,旅行路线itiner=it变体+ary表名词→n.行程表,旅行路线
sedition 煽动叛乱sed=se分开+it走+ion表名词→分开走→煽动叛乱
transit 通过,通行,中转,输送,运送trans变换+it行走→n.通过,通行,中转,输送,运送
transition 转变,变迁,过渡[时期]trans变换+it行走+ion表名词→交接过程[it可以理解为走的过程]→过渡
v.
initiate 开始,创始,发动;启蒙,使入门;引入in进+it行走+iate表动词→走进→开始
同义词辨析
这些动词均含有”开始”之意。
- begin: 最常用词,含义广泛,其反义词是end,多用于行动、工作等的开始。
- start: 在许多场合可与begin通用,但start侧重动作的起点。
- commence: 可与begin换用,但commence系书面正式用词,语气庄重,特指有正式程序或一定仪式,或某种正式行动的”开始”。
- initiate: 指创始或发起,侧重某过程的第一步,不考虑结束,强调起始。
- inaugurate: 指正式而隆重的开始。