incipient

英 [ɪnˈsɪpiənt]

美 [ɪnˈsɪpiənt]

adj.  刚开始的; 初始的; 早期的

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BNC.14874 / COCA.17230

牛津词典

adj.

• 刚开始的；初始的；早期的
  just beginning
  1. signs of incipient unrest
     动乱的初期迹象

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 初期的;初始的
  Anincipientsituation or quality is one that is starting to happen or develop.
  1. ...an incipient economic recovery...
     初期的经济复苏
  2. There were signs of incipient panic.
     出现了早期的恐慌迹象。

英英释义

adj

• only partly in existence
  1. incipient civil disorder
  2. an incipient tumor
  3. a vague inchoate idea
  Synonym:inchoate

双语例句

• She felt for him an incipient tenderness, but scarcely any passion.
  她对他的好感只是一种刚刚萌芽的柔情，还根本谈不上什么爱情。
• The IMF also notes incipient asset bubbles in Asian-Pacific real estate and some Latin American equity markets.
  国际货币基金组织还注意到，亚太房地产市场和拉美一些国家股市已初现资产泡沫。
• There is nothing so inspiring in life as the sight of a legitimate ambition, no matter how incipient.
  在生活中再没有比看到正当的雄心更让人振奋的事了，不管这种雄心多么幼稚。
• The first signs of incipient malnutrition.
  早期营养不良的最初迹象。
• The October 14 sale coincided with remarks by the territory's chief executive warning of an incipient property bubble.
  10月14日销售发生时，恰逢香港行政长官发表言论，对初起的资产泡沫发出了警告。
• The LV zone is due to interstitial free volatiles and incipient melting.
  低速层是由于空隙自由挥发和初期的熔融作用造成的。
• A good way of curing incipient baldness.
  医治初期脱发的有效方法。
• The incipient motion of uniform sediment on non-horizontal slope was theoretically studied.
  对均匀沙在陡坡上的起动机理作了分析。
• There were signs of incipient panic.
  出现了早期的恐慌迹象。
• Everyone seemed excited about the incipient internship recruitment process and I was not.
  所有人似乎都对实习招聘的初期程序感到兴奋，而我却没有。