英语词汇“inauguration”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

inaugurateinaugurate /ɪˈnɔgyəˌreɪt/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYinaugurate

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of inaugurare, from augurare ( ➔ AUGUR); because the ceremony involved looking at signs of what might happen in the future

VERB TABLE

inaugurate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	inaugurate
	he, she, it	inaugurates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	inaugurated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have inaugurated
	he, she, it	has inaugurated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had inaugurated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will inaugurate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have inaugurated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am inaugurating
	he, she, it	is inaugurating
	you, we, they	are inaugurating
Past	I, he, she, it	was inaugurating
	you, we, they	were inaugurating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been inaugurating
	he, she, it	has been inaugurating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been inaugurating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be inaugurating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been inaugurating

1to have an official ceremony when someone starts doing an important job in the government: The new president will be inaugurated in January.2to open a new building or start a new service or public event, usually with a ceremony: In 1960, Brazil inaugurated its new capital, Brasilia.3if an event inaugurates an important change or period of time, it comes at the beginning of it: The International Trade Agreement inaugurated a period of high economic growth.—inauguration /ɪˌnɔgyəˈreɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]: a presidential inauguration