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词汇 inceptive
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Definition of inceptive in English:

inceptive

adjective ɪnˈsɛptɪvɪnˈsɛptɪv
  • 1Relating to or marking the beginning of something; initial.

    开始的,初期的

    the inceptive period of the program
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After quick cooling down, the inceptive sunshade curtain is set to a curled finished sunshade curtain.
    • Up to now, the inceptive style of Chicano performance art has typically been identified with Luis Valdez's Teatro Campesino.
    • And of course the most outstanding example of an inceptive cyborg where mind and matter are linked into one functional device is a living biological system.
    • And this is also true of the person who relies for his inceptive right upon a filing.
    • Skinner's Original Pirate Material isn't inceptive but inventive, and he's asking for the same from more of his contemporaries.
    Synonyms
    beginning, opening, commencing, starting, embryonic, fledgling
    1. 1.1Grammar (of a verb) expressing the beginning of an action.
      〔语法〕(动词)表示动作开始的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This same phrase is repeated later in but with an inceptive prefix emphasizing the inchoative sense.
      • Many of the most frequently used verbs in English are merely inceptive variants of other common verbs.
      • In colloquial use, this affix may be appended to the inceptive copulas and to verbs as well, though this is considered uneducated.
noun ɪnˈsɛptɪvɪnˈsɛptɪv
Grammar
  • An inceptive verb.

    〔语法〕表示开始的动词

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These verbs are in the literature referred to as ‘inceptives’.
    • The logical subject was marked nominative with intransitives, inceptives and verbs of motion.

Origin

Early 17th century (as a noun): from late Latin inceptivus, from incept- 'begun', from the verb incipere.

Definition of inceptive in US English:

inceptive

adjectiveɪnˈsɛptɪvinˈseptiv
  • 1Relating to or marking the beginning of something; initial.

    开始的,初期的

    the inceptive period of the program
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Up to now, the inceptive style of Chicano performance art has typically been identified with Luis Valdez's Teatro Campesino.
    • Skinner's Original Pirate Material isn't inceptive but inventive, and he's asking for the same from more of his contemporaries.
    • After quick cooling down, the inceptive sunshade curtain is set to a curled finished sunshade curtain.
    • And this is also true of the person who relies for his inceptive right upon a filing.
    • And of course the most outstanding example of an inceptive cyborg where mind and matter are linked into one functional device is a living biological system.
    Synonyms
    beginning, opening, commencing, starting, embryonic, fledgling
    1. 1.1Grammar (of a verb) expressing the beginning of an action; inchoative.
      〔语法〕(动词)表示动作开始的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This same phrase is repeated later in but with an inceptive prefix emphasizing the inchoative sense.
      • Many of the most frequently used verbs in English are merely inceptive variants of other common verbs.
      • In colloquial use, this affix may be appended to the inceptive copulas and to verbs as well, though this is considered uneducated.
nounɪnˈsɛptɪvinˈseptiv
Grammar
  • An inceptive verb.

    〔语法〕表示开始的动词

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The logical subject was marked nominative with intransitives, inceptives and verbs of motion.
    • These verbs are in the literature referred to as ‘inceptives’.

Origin

Early 17th century (as a noun): from late Latin inceptivus, from incept- ‘begun’, from the verb incipere.

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