- 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.
ini·tial ★ AWL / ɪˈnɪʃl ; NAmE ɪˈnɪʃl / adjective , noun , verb initial initials initialled initialed initialling initialing adjective ★ [only before noun ] happening at the beginning; first 最初的；开始的；第一的 ◆ an initial payment of £60 and ten instalments of £25 *60 英镑的首期付款加十次 25 英镑的分期付款 ◆ in the initial stages (= at the beginning)of the campaign 运动的最初阶段 ◆ My initial reactionwas to decline the offer. 我最初的反应是婉言谢绝这个提议。 noun ★ 1 ★ [countable ] the first letter of a person's first name （名字的）首字母 ◆ ‘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。” 2 ★ initials [plural ] the first letters of all of a person's names （全名的）首字母 ◆ John Fitzgerald Kennedy was often known by his initials JFK. 人们常以姓名的首字母 JFK 称约翰 · 菲茨杰拉德 · 肯尼迪。 ◆ Just write your initials. 写下你的姓名首字母即可。 verb ( -ll- , especially US -l- ) initialsth to mark or sign sth with your initials 用姓名的首字母作标记（或签名）于 ◆ Please initial each page and sign in the space provided. 请在每一页写上姓名首字母并在规定的空白处签字。 ini·tial / ɪˈnɪʃl ; NAmE ɪˈnɪʃl /
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