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

• The inauguration ceremony for the new building will be held this morning.
  今天上午将举行新厦的落成典礼。
• 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。
• January: Barack Obama's inauguration.
  1月份：巴拉克奥巴马（BarackObama）宣誓就职。
• Will you attend the inauguration tomorrow?
  你明天要参加就职典礼吗？
• 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。
• At the inauguration, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court swore in the new President.
  在总统就职仪式上，联邦最高法院总检察长主持了新总统宣誓就职。
• Everyone watched the inauguration of the new president.
  每个人都观看了新总统的就职典礼。
• 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。
• The time of his inauguration was a time of tension and fear about nuclear weapons.
  他就职的时候正是核武器引起的紧张和恐慌的时期。
• Many African American families attended the inauguration of the country's first black president.
  很多非洲裔美国家庭参加了美国第一位黑人总统的就职典礼。