释义 |
inchoatein‧cho‧ate /ɪnˈkəʊət $ -ˈkoʊ-/ adjective formal inchoateOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin past participle of inchoare ‘to begin’ - But it was a vague idea, little more, Neville remembers, than an inchoate impulse.
- Here are inchoate signs of life, but not as we know it, Jim.
- Problems in criminal law often start with an inchoate crime - conspiracy, attempt or incitement.
- Surely, there is nothing unusual about our own inchoate longings.
- The monarchy established since 1830 was still far from being popular, but opposition to it was inchoate and lacking focus.
- This principle operated absolutely with regard to monastic vows, even in their most inchoate state.
inchoate ideas, plans, attitudes etc are only just starting to develop |