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initial
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- Conjugation :
past
initialed
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past
initialled
;
ing
initialing
;
ing
initialling
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- initial
[ɪ'nɪʃl]
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1.
adjective
[+stage]
[ reaction]
[ meeting]
初步的
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2.
noun
[c]
(letter) 首字母
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3.
vt.
[+document]
草签
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4.
n pl
[of name]
initials 首字母
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- initial
[ɪˈnɪʃəl]
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1.
adjective
最初的，开始的
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Repairs will cost up to 200 million dollars, according to initial reports.
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根据初步统计，维修费高达2亿美元。
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2.
n.[c]
首字母
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He scratched his initials on the rock.
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他在岩石上刻下姓名的首字母。
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He refused to put the initials FRS after his name.
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他拒绝在他的名字后面加上首字母缩写FRS。
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3.
vt.
签姓名首字母
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The painter had initialled the picture at the bottom.
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画家在画作的底部签下了姓名的首字母。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- initial
[ɪ'nɪʃəl]
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1.
adj
of, at, or concerning the beginning
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2.
n
the first letter of a word, esp a person's name
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3.
n
[printing]
a large sometimes highly decorated letter set at the beginning of a chapter or work
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4.
n
[Botany]
a cell from which tissues and organs develop by division and differentiation; a meristematic cell
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5.
vt.
[tr]
to sign with one's initials, esp to indicate approval; endorse
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6.
vt.
[Etymology]
C16: from Latin initialis of the beginning, from initium beginning, literally: an entering upon, from inire to go in, from in-2 + ire to go
Examples
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the initial letter of a word
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一个词的首字母
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Initial plans are drawn up for the first car ferry service between south west England and Wales.
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英格兰西南部和威尔士之间首次轮渡的初步设计方案已经起草。
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This drug is very effective at the initial stage.
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这种药在初期很有效。
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Apical initials are the initial cells in the root or shoot apical meristem.
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顶端原始细胞是跟或茎尖分生组织中的原始细胞。
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He passed the initial test, but failed the subsequent one.
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他通过了初试，但再随后一轮的考试中被淘汰了。
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If you fail your initial test, you may take another test after 6 months.
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如果第一次测试没有通过，你可以在六个月后再测一次。
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