initiate
英 [ɪ'nɪʃɪeɪt]
美[ɪ'nɪʃɪet]
- vt. 开始，创始；发起；使初步了解
- 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
英英释意
- 1. someone new to a field or activity
- 2. someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
- 3. people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity;
- "it is very familiar to the initiate"