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a[n] initiate
initiate 前通常有不定冠词 a 或 an。
He is an initiate in the secret society.
他是那个秘密社团的入会者。
新成员；新入会者
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新成员；新入会者
A new member of an organization, especially one admitted through an initiation ceremony.
He is an initiate in the secret society.
他是那个秘密社团的入会者。
组织的新成员。
A new member of an organization.
经历过入会仪式的人。
One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
对某话题或学科熟悉的人；尤指专家。
One who is oriented in and familiar with a topic or subject; especially, one who is an expert in it.
The initiate received a special badge at the ceremony.
入会者在仪式上收到了一枚特殊的徽章。
As an initiate, she had to learn the secret handshake.
作为一名新加入者，她必须学习秘密握手方式。
The older members welcomed the new initiates into the group.
老成员欢迎新入会者加入团体。
initiate 前通常有不定冠词 a 或 an。
He is an initiate in the secret society.
他是那个秘密社团的入会者。
特指某一群体中的入会者，常用复数。
The initiates of the program received special training.
该项目的入会者接受了特殊培训。
表示在某领域的初入门者，介词 in 后接领域。
She was an initiate in the field of astronomy.
她是天文学领域的新入门者。
Not this
He is a initiate of the club.
Use this
He is an initiate of the club.
initiate 以元音音素开头，冠词应用 an，而非 a。
Not this
They are initiate of the club.
Use this
They are initiates of the club.
initiate 为可数名词，复数形式需加 -s。
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新入会者
The new initiate was welcomed by the group.
新入会者受到了团队的欢迎。
入会仪式；加入...的新成员
He became an initiate into the secret society.
他成为了该秘密社团的新成员。
同期入会者
She and her fellow initiates trained together.
她和她的同期入会者一起训练。
年轻的新成员
The young initiate showed great enthusiasm.
这位年轻的新成员表现出极大的热情。
新成员的第一次考验
The initiate's first test was to climb the mountain.
新成员的第一次考验是爬山。
初始成员；新加入的成员
As an initiate member, he had to learn the rules.
作为新加入的成员，他必须学习规则。
启动自毁程序。
In Star Trek, Captain Kirk orders his crew to initiate the self-destruct sequence when the ship is in danger.
在《星际迷航》中，柯克船长在飞船处于危险时命令船员启动自毁程序。
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initiate中的init像initial（最初的），所以是初始加入的人。
正式场合；常见于学术机构、兄弟会、专业协会等入会仪式。
All listed words share the spelling ending '-iate', but their stressed vowels differ: none rhyme perfectly with 'initiate' (stress on the second syllable with /ɪ/). Words like 'associate' and 'appreciate' have stress on a different vowel. Use this list to recognize the common spelling pattern, but note the pronunciation differences.
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