inauguration

英 [ɪˌnɔːɡjəˈreɪʃn]

美 [ɪˌnɔːɡjəˈreɪʃn]

n.  就职典礼；开始，开创；开幕式

复数：inaugurations　

法律

BNC.16284 / COCA.9602

柯林斯词典

• VERB 为…举行就职典礼;使正式就任
  When a new leaderis inaugurated, they are formally given their new position at an official ceremony.
  1. The new President will be inaugurated on January 20.
     新总统将于 1 月 20 号举行就职典礼。
• VERB 为…举行落成仪式;为…举行成立典礼
  When a new building or institution isinaugurated, it is declared open in a formal ceremony.
  1. A new centre for research on toxic waste was inaugurated today at Imperial College.
     新建的有毒废物研究中心今天在皇家学院举行落成典礼。
• VERB 开创;开展
  If youinauguratea new system or service, you start it.
  1. Pan Am inaugurated the first scheduled international flight.
     泛美航空公司开通了第一条国际定期航班线路。

英英释义

noun

• the act of starting a new operation or practice
  1. he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation
  2. the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes
  Synonym:startup
• the ceremonial induction into a position
  1. the new president obviously enjoyed his inauguration
  Synonym:inaugural

双语例句

• He got the GOP equivalent of rock-star treatment when he came to Washington last January for Bush's Inauguration.
  去年一月他到华盛顿参加布什就职典礼的时候，得到了共和党对待摇滚歌星的待遇。
• Is offering odds on phrases that may be used by US president-elect Barack Obama in his inauguration speech Tuesday.
  的就职典礼将于（美国当地时间）本周二举行。日前，爱尔兰一家博彩公司为奥巴马在就职演说上的用词开出了赔率。
• Still, many people found themselves unusually moved by the historic presidential inauguration last week in Washington.
  上星期在华盛顿，许多人发现自己被这次历史性的总统就职典礼异乎寻常地感动了。
• Will you attend the inauguration tomorrow?
  你明天要参加就职典礼吗？
• We are only a month away from the inauguration of a new president.
  我们离新总统就职只有一个月了。
• The inauguration of presidents in the January is traditionally held on the steps of the Capitol.
  总统一月份的就职仪式传统上在大厦台阶上进行。
• The president's inauguration speech fell into three parts.
  总统的就职演说分成三部分。
• The inauguration ceremony of the new President was a splendid pageant.
  新总统的就职典礼是个辉煌的庆典。
• President Bush's farewell address was his last public event planned before the inauguration.
  总统布什的告别演说是他在奥巴马就职典礼前最后一次公开活动。
• Richard Milhous Nixon used his middle name at his first inauguration, but dropped it at his second.
  尼克松总统在第一次宣誓就职的时候用了他的中间名Milhous，而在连任宣誓的时候却没有用。