initiate

英 [ɪˈnɪʃieɪt , ɪˈnɪʃiət]

美 [ɪˈnɪʃieɪt , ɪˈnɪʃiət]

v. 开始; 发起; 创始; 使了解; 传授; 教…开始尝试; (尤指在秘密仪式上)使加入，接纳，吸收
n. 新加入某组织(或机构、宗教)的人; 新入会的人

过去分词：initiated　现在分词：initiating　过去式：initiated　第三人称单数：initiates　复数：initiates　

Collins.2 / BNC.3422 / COCA.3524

牛津词典

verb

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。
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。
（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

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/。

VERB 开始;创始;发起
If youinitiatesomething, 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。
VERB 使初步了解;向…传授基本技巧(或基础知识)
If youinitiatesomeoneintosomething, 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。
VERB (通过仪式)接纳，使加入
If someoneis initiated intosomething 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
N-COUNT 有初步知识的成员;新入会的人
Aninitiateis 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。

noun

people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity
1. it is very familiar to the initiate
Synonym:enlightened
someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
Synonym:learned personpunditsavant
someone new to a field or activity
Synonym:novicebeginnertyrotiro

verb

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
bring up a topic for discussion
Synonym:broach
bring into being
1. He initiated a new program
2. Start a foundation
Synonym:originatestart
take the lead or initiative in
1. This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants
Synonym:pioneer
accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite
1. African men are initiated when they reach puberty
Synonym:induct

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。
We should initiate direct talk with the trade union.
我们应开始和贸易工会直接谈判。
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。
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。
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。
This will initiate the installation sequence.
这将启动安装序列。
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。
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。
To initiate and conduct legal proceedings.
起诉提出和进行法律诉讼。
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。