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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
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- 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 initi
a lis of the beginning, from initium beginning, literally: an entering upon, from ini re to go in, fromin- 2 +i re to go
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1.
adj
of, at, or concerning the beginning
Examples
- the initial stage of a disease
- 疾病的早期阶段 → initial
- the initial letter of a word
- 一个词的首字母 → initial
- Initial plans are drawn up for the first car ferry service between south west England and Wales.
- 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。 → car ferry
- A dirty bomb kills or injures through the initial blast of the conventional explosive and by airborne radiation and contamination.
- 核弹先是通过普通炸药的爆炸，然后是航空辐射和污染来造成伤亡。 → dirty
- 草创时期
- initial (or pioneering) stage → 草创
- 草签协定
- initial an agreement → 草签
- 初见成效
- win initial success → 成效
- 出师不利
- lost the first battle or game; meet with initial setbacks → 出师
- 初创阶段
- initial stage → 初创
- 解放初期
- during the initial post-liberation period; just (or right) after liberation → 初期
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