nascent

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++nas·cent /ˈnæsənt/ adjective [usually before noun] formal  START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETCcoming into existence or starting to develop 初生的，新生的；开始发展的 the country’s nascent democracy 该国新生的民主 their nascent industries 他们的新兴行业

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nascent• The tribute may sound fulsome, but Modigliani showed exceptional appreciation of nascent ability.• A nascent nationalist movement is emerging in the Ukraine.• But this is not to dismiss his vision as an irrelevance in the forging of a nascent science.• In people who are not esoterically developed, the mental and emotional bodies are in a rudimentary or nascent state.• Delwyn Pepper, nascent tyrant, was voted treasurer.• This, the inquiry was told, was what happened to Britain's nascent wave energy programme in 1982.Origin nascent (1600-1700) Latin present participle of nasci “to be born”

nas·cent adjectiveChineseSyllable  

starting coming develop Corpus into to existence or

nascent
nas‧cent /ˈnæsənt/ adjective [usually before noun] formalcoming into existence or starting to develop:
    the country’s nascent democracy
    their nascent industries

nas·centBrE /ˈnæsnt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈnæsnt/ 🔊 adjective (formal) beginning to exist; not yet fully developed 新生的；萌芽的；未成熟的