| 单词 | nascent |
| 释义 | nascent (once / 5078 pages) adj Nascent describes the birth or beginning of something, for example a civilization, a trend, an idea, or an action. It can also imply a future promise, like the nascent government of a new country. You’re in the future looking back at the first time you learned the definition of the word nascent. Your nascent efforts to use the word felt awkward, but you quickly felt comfortable with it, especially after you learned how to pronounce it: “NAY-sent.” Now you use the word all the time: "the nascent hopes of your little sister;" your "nascent hula hooping gang;" and "a nascent confidence in your vocabulary." WORD FAMILYnascent: nascency USAGE EXAMPLESThe first 25 games or so are ruled by the passion and intensity of a nascent season. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The nascent republic soon shattered and Yuan crowned himself emperor. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) Among them are the nascent campaigns for both California and Texas to secede from the United States. Salon(Dec 29, 2016) adj being born or beginning the nascent chicks a nascent insurgency Syn|Ant emergent, emerging coming into existence dissilientbursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels parturientgiving birth dying in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be moribundbeing on the point of death; breathing your last lastoccurring at the time of death |
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