initiate

1.~ sth开始；发起；创始to make sth begin

2.~ sb (into sth)使了解；传授；教…开始尝试to explain sth to sb and/or make them experience it for the first time

3.~ sb (into sth)（尤指在秘密仪式上）使加入，接纳，吸收to make sb a member of a particular group, especially as part of a secret ceremony

1.开始,发起,开展,著手;创始,开辟,开创;由...创立,发动;【动物;动物学】起爆

2.启发,启蒙,使入门

3.引起,引发,激发起

4.提议,倡议;提出;制定

5.产生;引进,正式介绍

6.〔化〕起爆

1.被传授初步知识的人;新入会的人

1.被传授初步知识的;新入会的

1.to cause something, especially an important event or process, to begin

2.to introduce somebody to a new activity, interest, or area

3.to allow somebody to take part in a ritual or ceremony in order to become a member of a group, organization, or religion

4.to make something start

5.to introduce someone to a skill, subject, or activity and teach them about it

6.to make someone a member of an organization or group, often with a special ceremony

7.set(a scheme,etc.)working

1.somebody who has been recently and ceremonially admitted to a group, organization, or religion

2.somebody recently introduced to a new activity, interest, or area

3.someone who has recently joined an organization or group and is learning about it

1.belonging or relating to those who have been recently introduced to a new activity, interest, or area

2.knowing the secrets of a group, organization, or religion