1520s, "of or pertaining to a beginning," from Middle French initial or directly from Latin initialis "initial, incipient," from initium "a beginning, an entrance," from past participle stem of inire "to go into, enter upon, begin," from in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + ire "to go" (see ion).
initial (n.)
"initial letter of a name or surname," 1620s, from initial (adj.) in a specialized sense "standing at the beginning of a word, sentence, etc."
initial (v.)
"to mark or sign with initials," 1864, American English, from initial (n.). Related: Initialed; initialing.
实用例句
1. They learnt a lot from the initial market testing exercise.
他们从最初的市场测试中了解了许多信息。来自柯林斯例句
2. The initial image projected was of a caring, effective president.
他最初表现出的是一个充满爱心、办事有效的总统形象。来自柯林斯例句
3. The aim of this initial meeting is to clarify the issues.
本次初步会议的目标是澄清这些问题。来自柯林斯例句
4. I'm also not crazy about the initial terms of the deal.
我对该协议的最初条款也不太满意。来自柯林斯例句
5. After some initial problems, acetone was successfully produced in quantity.
