initiate
verb [ T ] uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/ us/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/
(START)
C2 formal开始，创始
to cause something to begin
Who initiated the violence? 谁先使用暴力的？
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- Hague initiated a series of reforms of the ConservativeRepublican Party.
- Some of the orders are initiated directly on the trading floor.
- The council initiates its own studies and carries out research at the request of private organizations.
- He is credited with initiating several new literary forms.
- The Commission has power to initiate legislation.
(TEACH)
向（某人）传授专门知识;（通过某种仪式）接纳（新会员）
to teach someone about an area of knowledge, or to allow someone into a group by a special ceremony
At the age of eleven, Harry was initiated into the art of golf by his father. 哈里11岁时，他的父亲教给了他高尔夫球基本技巧。
Each culture had a special ritual to initiate boys into manhood. 每种文化都有特殊的男孩成人礼。
initiate
noun [ C ] formal uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.ət/ us/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.ət/
新入会的人；新成员
a person who has recently joined a group and has been taught its secrets