| 单词 | inception |
| 释义 | inception (once / 3157 pages) n The inception is the beginning. Since its inception, Wikipedia has been created by its users. Inception sounds like conception, but their meanings are distinct. Conception usually refers to the moment of becoming pregnant. Inception refers more to the beginning, to entering upon an undertaking. Inception implies the start of a specific thing like a campaign or a company. Subsequent events take place after the inception. At the moment of conception, most women are at the inception of motherhood. WORD FAMILYinception: inceptions USAGE EXAMPLESFrom its inception, the Second Avenue subway was intended to ease congestion on the East Side of Manhattan. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) Bet Hatikva, after all, is the sort of place whose inception is described in these lyrics: New York Times(Dec 08, 2016) Strategic release dates have been a part of Oscar season since its inception, even effectively utilized by “Gone With the Wind” in 1939. Los Angeles Times(Nov 30, 2016) n an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events Syn|Hypo|Hyper origin, origination germination the origin of some development causeevents that provide the generative force that is the origin of something overture, preliminary, preludesomething that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows emanation, procession, rise(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost antecedenta preceding occurrence or cause or event aetiology, etiologythe cause of a disease factoranything that contributes causally to a result producersomething that produces mutagenesisan event capable of causing a mutation beginning the event consisting of the start of something |
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