| 单词 | initial |
| 释义 | initial (once / 259 pages) adjnv 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. If someone asks you to initial a form, they're asking you to sign by writing your initials on it. If your name is Inna Instant, you would write I.I., and you'd probably write it really quick! The first draft of a paper might be called your initial pass at getting your ideas down. If you say that these are your initial ideas, it implies that you will be coming up with more. WORD FAMILYinitial: initialed, initialing, initialise, initialize, initialled, initialling, initially, initials+/initialise: initialisation/initialize: initialization, initialized, initializes, initializing USAGE EXAMPLESEstimates of the pricetag for that initial discovery range from several hundred to a few billion dollars. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The Trojans also wore helmet decals with McKnight’s initials and jersey number. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) When happy with the initial sketch, she transfers the design to metal, often with a fine-point marker. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj occurring at the beginning took the initial step toward reconciliation Syn first preceding all others in time or space or degree 2n the first letter of a word (especially a person's name) he refused to put the initials FRS after his name Hyper alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech 3v mark with one's initials Hyper sign be engaged by a written agreement |
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