initiate的意思

基本释义

• v 开始，创始；发起；使初步了解

  to arrange for something important to start, such as an official process or a new plan

• n 开始；新加入者，接受初步知识者
• adj 新加入的；接受初步知识的

例句

1. They have decided to initiate legal proceedings against the newspaper.

   他们决定向该报提起法律诉讼。

2. Intellectuals have initiated a debate on terrorism.

   知识分子就恐怖主义发起了辩论。

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