| 释义 |
inchoated, ppl. a.|ˈɪnkəʊeɪtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
Begun, commenced; just begun, incipient, inchoate.
a1631Donne Serm. lxiii. 633 The torment is an inchoative hell, so is the Person, The Wicked here, an inchoated Devill. 1651C. Cartwright Cert. Relig. i. 205 This righteousnesse of ours is but inchoated and imperfect. 1762Kames Elem. Crit. ii. §6 (1833) 80 An inchoated gratification of the prevailing passion. 1826Q. Rev. XXXIII. 298 There is a fine gradation between the inchoated conception and the completed purpose. |