vt.

1. 开始；创始；开始实施
   initiate a new course of studies

   开设一门新课程

2. 把初步知识传授给；使初步了解[（+in/into）]
   He initiated his son into the game of chess.

   他把下棋的初步知识教给儿子。

3. （通过正式或秘密仪式）接纳（新成员）[（+into）]

a.

1. 接受初步知识的
2. 新加入的

n.[C]

1. 接受初步知识者
2. 新加入者
   an initiate into the world of politics

   新近进入世界政坛的人

v.

1. cause (a process or action) to begin.
2. admit formally into a society or group, typically with a ritual.
3. (initiate someone into) introduce someone to (an activity or skill).

n.