initial
initial 英 [ɪˈnɪʃl] 美 [ɪˈnɪʃəl]
adj. 最初的；字首的
进行时:initialling 过去式:initialled 过去分词:initialled 第三人称单数:initials 名词复数:initials
- The first letter of your name is your initial. The first thing you say to someone is your initial greeting. Initial is something that occurs first or at the beginning.
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- adj. 最初的；字首的
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1. in the initial stages of the campaign
运动的最初阶段
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2. My initial reactionwas to decline the offer.
我最初的反应是婉言谢绝这个提议。
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3. ‘What initial is it, Mrs Owen?’ ‘It's J, J for Jane.’
“首字母是什么，欧文太太？”“是 J，Jane 的 J。”
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4. Just write your initials.
写下你的姓名首字母即可。
- initial (adj.) 1520s, "of or pertaining to a beginning," from Middle French initial or directly from Latin initialis "initial, incipient, of the beginning," from initium "a beginning, a commencement; an entrance, a going in," noun use of neuter past participle of inire "to go into, enter upon, begin," from in- "into, in" (from PIE root *en "in") + ire "to go" (from PIE root *ei- "to go"). Related: Initially.
- initial (n.) "initial letter of a name or surname," 1620s, from initial (adj.) in a specialized sense "standing at the beginning of a word, sentence, etc." (1620s).
- initial (v.) "to mark or sign with initials," 1837, from initial (n.). Related: Initialed; initialing.
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