inchoate
/ˈɪnkəʊeɪt/adjective
1- just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary才开始的, 初期的; 未发展的, 不完全的：
a still inchoate democracy.
仍未成熟的民主政治。
1.1
- confused or incoherent混乱的; 无条理的：
inchoate proletarian protest.
混乱的无产阶级抗议。
1.2
- Law (of an offence, such as incitement or conspiracy) anticipating a further criminal act【律】（煽动、阴谋等罪行）未完成的, 未遂的。
派生词
inchoately
adverbinchoateness
noun词源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin inchoatus， past participle of inchoare, variant of incohare 'begin'.