incipient

• adj. 初期的；初始的；起初的；發端的

in-,進入，使，-cip,拿，帶，開始，詞源同inception,participate.

incipient (adj.)

1660s, from Latin incipientem (nominative incipiens), present participle of incipere "begin, take up," from in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + -cipere, comb. form of capere "to take" (see capable).

1. signs of incipient unrest

動亂的初期跡象

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2. There were signs of incipient panic.

出現了早期的恐慌跡象。

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3. She felt for him an incipient tenderness, but scarcely any passion.

她對他的好感隻是一種剛剛萌芽的柔情, 還根本談不上什麽愛情.

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4. In some fungi, there is evidence of incipient speciation.

在某些真菌中, 有新發生的物種形成的證據.

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5. The incubation time for incipient precipitation is often a minute or more.

出現沉澱的孕育時間常常需要一分鍾或更多的時間.

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