inaugurate

英 [ɪ'nɔːɡjəreɪt] 美 [ɪ'nɔːɡjəreɪt]

• v. 举行就职典礼；举行仪式；开始；开创

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 为…举行就职典礼

   introduce (a new public official or leader) at a special ceremony

2. vt. 为…举行仪式,为…举行落成〔开幕〕仪式

   mark the beginning of (an organization or undertaking) or open (a building, an exhibition, etc.)

3. vt. 开创,创始

   be the beginning of (sth); introduce

英英释义

Verb:

1. commence officially

2. open ceremoniously or dedicate formally

3. be a precursor of;

   "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Mr. Clinton was inaugurated as the President of the U.S.A.
   克林顿就职美国总统。
2. The city library was inaugurated by the mayor.
   市长主持了市图书馆的落成仪式。
3. Watt inaugurated the age of steam.
   瓦特开创了蒸汽时代。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. They inaugurated a new era in airplane travel.
   他们开创了空中旅行的新纪元。
2. The city inaugurated the clean-air campaign with a bicycle parade.
   该城市以自行车队游行开始了这场空气净化活动。
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3. Mr. Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.
   普京先生正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
4. He will be inaugurated as president in January.
   一月份将为他举行总统就职典礼。

经典引文

• She said that we..must inaugurate an intellectual regeneration in London.

  出自： E. F. Benson

• His return to Harvard also inaugurated a period in which he was beset by worries.

  出自： P. Ackroyd

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+介词

• inaugurate as 就任于
• inaugurate with 以…开始

词义辨析

v. (动词)

inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, invest

• 这组词的意思相近。其区别在于:initiate指在秘密典礼或仪式上接纳新成员; inaugurate指正式、庄重、规模较大的就职仪式; induct指通过仪式使某人就职或入会、上任等; install指把某人安插到某个位上,或任命某人担任某个职务; invest原指穿上象征权力的官服或戴上官衔、军衔,引申指通过仪式、典礼授予官职、权力、荣誉等。

begin，start，commence，initiate，inaugurate

• 这些动词均含有“开始”之意。
• begin最常用词，含义广泛，其反义词是end，多用于行动、工作等的开始。
• start在许多场合可与begin通用，但start侧重动作的起点。
• commence可与begin换用，但commence系书面正式用词，语气庄重，特指有正式程序或一定仪式，或某种正式行动的“开始”。
• initiate指创始或发起，侧重某过程的第一步，不考虑结束，强调起始。
• inaugurate指正式而隆重的开始。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自拉丁语的inauguratus，意为举行仪式。

近反义词

【近义词】

• begin formally
• launch
• start
• undertake

【反义词】

• conclude
• end
• finish