inaugurate
verb🔊/ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪt/
🔊/ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they inaugurate | 🔊/ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪt/ 🔊/ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it inaugurates | 🔊/ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪts/ 🔊/ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪts/ |
| past simple inaugurated | 🔊/ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪtɪd/ 🔊/ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle inaugurated | 🔊/ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪtɪd/ 🔊/ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form inaugurating | 🔊/ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- inaugurate somebody (as something)
to introduce a new public official or leader at a special ceremony 为（某人）举行就职典礼 He will be inaugurated (as) President in January. 他将于一月份就任总统。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- formally
- officially
- inaugurate something
to officially open a building or start an organization with a special ceremony 为…举行落成仪式（或创建仪式） The new theatre was inaugurated by the mayor. 新落成的剧院由市长主持了开幕典礼。 🔊🔊 The assembly was formally inaugurated in December. 大会于 12 月正式召开。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- formally
- officially
- inaugurate something (formal)
to introduce a new development or an important change 引进；开创；开始 The moon landing inaugurated a new era in space exploration. 登陆月球开创了太空探索的新纪元。 🔊🔊 People hoped that the new government would inaugurate a period of change. 人们希望新政府成立一个变革时期。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- formally
- officially
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin inaugurat- ‘interpreted as omens (from the flight of birds)’, based on augurare ‘to augur’.