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小词详解 | inaugurate
inaugurate 英 [ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪt] 美 [ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪt]
With a couple of weeks still to go before he is even inaugurated, contrite firms are queuing up to invest in America.
离他正式就任尚有一两周,一家家幡然悔悟的公司已纷纷开始投资于美国本土。
——《经济学人》She helped inaugurate centers in Britain, a key market for the Chinese giant’s expansion into the Western world.
她曾帮助创立在英国的业务中心——那里是这个中国巨头向西方世界扩张的关键市场。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 开始或引入(某一制度、政策或时期)
美国总统总是在1月20日正式就职。
American presidents are always inaugurated on 20 January.
新建的有毒废物研究中心于半年前举行落成典礼。但在这过去的6个月里,财务问题一直困扰着该中心。
The new centre for research on toxic waste was inaugurated half a year ago. But fiscal problems have snagged the centre for the past six months.新落成的剧院是由市长主持的开幕典礼。而这位代孕妈妈曾在该剧院做兼职引座员。
The new theatre was inaugurated by the mayor. And this surrogate mother did part-time work as an usher in the theatre.
欧洲共同体于1993年正式启动欧洲单一市场。
The European Community inaugurated the Single European Market in 1993.登陆月球开创了太空探索的新纪元。而他十几岁的时候就开始制作火箭,还冥思苦想着要把太空旅行变成现实。
The moon landing inaugurated a new era in space exploration. And he started building rockets as a teenager, and mused about making space tourism a reality.
Accordingly, Mr. Stryver inaugurated the Long Vacation with a formal proposal to take Miss Manette to Vauxhall Gardens; that failing, to Ranelagh; that unaccountably failing too, it behoved him to present himself in Soho, and there declare his noble mind.
据此,斯特莱佛先生决定以正式邀请曼内特小姐到伏克斯霍游乐园去玩开始他的大假。若是她不肯,便去兰勒拉花展;若是再莫名其妙地遭到拒绝,他只好亲自到索霍区去,在那儿宣布他那高贵的意图了。
initiate: cause (a process or action) to begin institute: set in motion or establish (something, especially a program, system, or inquiry) launch: start or set in motion (an activity or enterprise)