initiation
noun
uk/ɪˌnɪʃ.iˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪˌnɪʃ.iˈeɪ.ʃən/initiationnoun(START)
[U]formal
anoccasionwhen somethingstarts:
开始;发起;实施Lawyers for thecouplehaveannouncedthe initiation ofdivorceproceedings.夫妇双方的律师已声明进入离婚诉讼程序。
Beginnings and starts
- a baptism of/by fireidiom
- advent
- baptism
- beginning
- birth
- commencement
- inception
- introduction
- jumping-off point
- kick off
- onset
- opening
- outbreak
- square
- start
- starter
- starting time
- the thin end of the wedgeidiom
- trigger
- zero hour
initiationnoun(INTRODUCTION)
[CorU]
anoccasionwhen someone is firstintroducedto anactivityorskill:
(某项活动或技能的)入门,初学My initiationintothemysteriesofhomebrewingwas not asuccess.我初学自家酿酒并不成功。
Ceremonies
- anti-ritualism
- cavalcade
- ceremonial
- ceremonially
- ceremony
- dub
- induction
- initiate
- investiture
- knight
- master of ceremonies
- memorial service
- nuptials
- pageant
- rite of passage
- ritual
- ritualistic
- ritualistically
- salute
- troop