| 单词 | incipient |
| 释义 | incipient (once / 2890 pages) adj Incipient means something is in an early stage of existence. In its incipient form, basketball was played with a soccer ball and peach baskets for goals. Bouncy orange balls and nets came later. Incipient comes from the Latin incipere "to begin." The related, and more commonly used, word inception means the beginning or the start. It is important to note that when something is in an incipient stage, there is a chance it will never come to completion. So be on the lookout for incipient trouble or an incipient crisis — you might be able to prevent it from happening. WORD FAMILYincipient: incipience, incipiency, incipiently+/incipience: incipiences/incipiency: incipiencies USAGE EXAMPLESHeadquartered on the University of Minnesota’s west bank, Glitch helps incipient game designers create, develop and publish games. Washington Times(Dec 12, 2016) But Jack A. Ablin, chief investment officer for BMO Private Bank, said the Trump administration’s incipient economic goals appear to be threefold. New York Times(Dec 09, 2016) There were jokes about bedtimes and rambunctious boys and even one teenager who tried out her incipient wiles on Uncle Bobby. Slate(Nov 25, 2016) adj only partly in existence; imperfectly formed incipient civil disorder an incipient tumor Syn inchoate early being or occurring at an early stage of development |
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