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单词 initiation
释义 ini·ti·a·tion
\ə̇ˌnishēˈāshən sometimes -isē-\ noun
(-s)
1.
 a. : the act or an instance of formally initiating (as into an office, sect, or society) : the process of being formally initiated
  < the practice of anointing with oil … became attached to the initiation of a king — British Book News >
  < initiation is regarded as a great occasion — A.A.Trouwborst >
 b.
  (1) : the rites, ceremonies, ordeals, or instructions with which one is made a member of a sect or society or is invested with a particular function or status
   < the college fraternity has a scheme of ruthless mock initiations — C.W.Ferguson >
  (2) : the ceremonies and ordeals with which a youth is formally invested with adult status in a primitive community
   < attended some of the girls' initiation, and took part in many functions of native life — Margaret C. Hubbard >
 c.
  (1) : the process or an instance of being initiated into some experience or sphere of activity : introduction
   < while still in high school, the youth received his initiation into his lifework — Current Biography >
   < part of the child's initiation into the life of man — George Sampson >
   < his initiation to venal love is sordid — Henri Peyre >
   < had already had her initiation into court … and is now on probation — Beatrice Griffith >
  (2) : the condition of being initiated or an initiate : knowledgeableness
   < clear to a reader of any degree of initiation — J.W.Beach >
   < that dullness which perhaps was due simply to lack of initiation — George Santayana >
2. : the act, process, or an instance of beginning, setting on foot, or originating : the condition of being begun : origination, beginning
 < initiation of a program to produce and test a vaccine — Americana Annual >
 < does not give them much power of initiation — R.H.Rovere >
 < the initiation of a leaf >
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