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 ini·tial /ɪˈnɪʃəl/
 (a.)最初的,開始的;詞首的首字母;姓名的開頭字母(vt.)標注姓名的首字母于

 initial
 初始

 In·i·tial a.
 1. Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
 2. Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.

 In·i·tial, n. The first letter of a word or a name.

 In·i·tial, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Initialed p. pr. & vb. n. Initialing.] To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials. [R.]
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 initial
      adj : occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward
            reconciliation"
      n : the first letter of a word (especially a person's name); "he
          refused to put the initials FRS after his name"
      v : mark with one's initials
      [also: initialling, initialled]