inchoate

C2

a. 刚开始的, 不成熟的, 未发达的 [经] 不完整

发音

UK /ɪnˈkəʊeɪt/
UK /ɪnˈkəʊət/
US /ɪnˈkoʊeɪt/
US /ɪnˈkoʊət/

词形变化

inchoates 复数 inchoates inchoated inchoates 三单 inchoating inchoating 现在分词 inchoated 过去式 inchoated 过去分词 more inchoate 比较级 most inchoate 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A beginning, an immature start.

    罕用
v.
  1. 1.

    To begin or start (something).

    及物
  2. 2.

    To cause or bring about. In the field of criminology, to encourage, assist, conspire, aid and abet, incite, etc.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To make a start.

    不及物
adj. C2
  1. 1.

    Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.

  2. 2.

    Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling.

  3. 3.

    Of a crime, imposing criminal liability for an incompleted act.

    法律

    Congress considers the inchoate offenses of attempt and conspiracy, even conspiracy without an overt act, to be just as serious as the federal substantive drug offenses which they contemplate.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

incipient

近义相关 1

early

词源

The adjective is first attested in 1534, the verb circa 1631; borrowed from Latin incohātus (“begun, unfinished”), perfect passive participle of incohō (“to begin”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Cognate with Spanish incoar (“to initiate, commence, begin”).

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