/ɪˈnɪʃɪeɪt/
with obj.
1
- cause (a process or action) to begin开始（过程, 行动）;发起, 创始：
he proposes to initiate discussions on planning procedures.
他提议启动计划程序的讨论。
2
- admit (someone) into a secret or obscure society or group, typically with a ritual（尤指举行仪式）接受…加入秘密社团（或组织）; 吸收：
she had been formally initiated into the movement.
她已正式获准加入运动。
2.1
- as plural noun the initiated figurative a small group of people who share obscure knowledge〈喻〉内行人：
boots known as DMs to the initiated.
被内行人称作DMs的靴子。
2.2
initiate someone in/into
introduce someone to a particular activity or skill, especially a difficult or obscure one介绍…参加（某活动）; 使知晓（困难复杂的技能）：they were initiated into the mysteries of mathematics.
他们被引入了神秘的数学世界。
/ɪˈnɪʃɪət/
- a person who has been initiated into an organization or activity, typically recently加入某组织（或活动）者（尤指新入会者）：
initiates of the Shiva cult
湿婆神教新教徒
as modifier the initiate Marines.海军陆战队新兵。
派生词
initiation
nouninitiatory
adjective词源
mid 16th cent. (in sense 2)： from Latin initiat- 'begun', from the verb initiare, from initium 'beginning'.