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单词 inchoately
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
in•cho•ate /ɪnˈkoʊɪt, -eɪt/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. just beginning to exist or appear:a child's inchoate social awareness.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
in•cho•ate  (in kō′it, -āt or, esp. Brit., in′kō āt′),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. not yet completed or fully developed;
    rudimentary.
  2. just begun;
    incipient.
  3. not organized;
    lacking order:an inchoate mass of ideas on the subject.
  • Latin inchoātus, variant of incohātus past participle of incohāre to begin, start work on, perh. equivalent. to in- -in-2 + coh(um) hollow of a yoke into which the pole is fitted + -ātus -ate1
  • 1525–35
in•cho′ate•ly, adv. 
in•cho′ate•ness, n. 
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