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小词详解 | incipient
incipient 英 [ɪnˈsɪpiənt] 美 [ɪnˈsɪpiənt]
If the incipient boom is to produce better results, governments and firms must learn to adopt best practice from around the world.
眼下刚刚露头的热潮若要产生更好的结果,政府和企业就必须学会采纳世界各地的最佳实践。
——《经济学人》In the months ahead, wastewater surveillance will become even more important, scientists said, and it should help officials spot some incipient outbreaks.
科学家们表示,未来几个月,废水监测将变得更加重要,这将有助于官员们发现一些早期的疫情爆发。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 开始发生或发展的
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incipient light of day早期癌症
an incipient cancer刚养成的习惯
an incipient habit刚出现的经济复苏
the incipient economic recovery劳资关系开始趋于紧张的迹象
evidence of incipient tension between capital and labour
And in the midst of wailing women and the incipient labour of my mother who had been pushed into it by grief and the tearing of Mary Pereira's hair there was a knock; a servant announced Dr Schaapsteker; who handed my grandfather a little bottle and said, 'I make no bones about it: this is kill or cure. Two drops exactly; then wait and see.'
女人们嚎啕大哭,我母亲心急如焚,又出现了即将临产的早期症状,玛丽·佩雷拉扯着自己的头发。就在闹哄哄乱成一团时候,传来了敲门的声音,仆人通报说沙阿普斯特克博士来了,他递给我外公一个小瓶子,说道:“我就照直说了,这东西不是送命,就是能治好毛病。只能用两滴,然后等着吧。”
emerging: becoming apparent or prominent emergent: in the process of coming into being or becoming prominent impending: (of an event regarded as threatening or significant) about to happen; forthcoming