embryonic

IPA/ˌembriˈɒnɪk/
KK[ˌɛmbriˈɑnɪk]IPA/ˌembriˈɑːnɪk/

embryonic — 形容詞

  • embryonicpositive
  • more embryoniccomparative
  • most embryonicsuperlative

1. only just beginning and not yet fully formed or organized

1.形容詞C2
釋義

初步的

剛起步、尚未成熟

only just beginning and not yet fully formed or organized

例句

City leaders backed an embryonic rail plan after two crowded summers.

經過兩個暑假的擁擠後，市府支持一項初步的鐵路計畫。

collocation: embryonic rail plan

The club's science program is still embryonic but students already love it.

這個社團的科學計畫還在初步階段，但學生已經很喜歡。

pattern: be still embryonic

常見搭配
  • embryonic plan
  • embryonic market
  • embryonic app
  • embryonic idea
同義詞
  • developing

    broader and more common for something that is growing or improving

  • nascent

    more formal and strongly focused on the first moment of emergence

  • rudimentary

    stresses that only the basic form exists so far

反義詞
  • mature

    fully developed rather than at an early stage

  • established

    already formed and working in a stable way

文法句型

embryonic plan

embryonic industry

embryonic stage

用法筆記

Usually placed before nouns such as plan, market, or system for something that has only recently started and is still weak or incomplete. Distinguish from adjective/2, which refers literally to embryos and very early life.

常見錯誤

The company is embryo and still very small.
The company is embryonic and still very small.
embryo is a noun; embryonic is the adjective for something in its earliest stage.
The project is embryonic completed now.
The project is still embryonic.
embryonic describes something unfinished, not something already complete.

2. connected with an embryo or with life before a young animal is born or hatches

2.形容詞C2
釋義

胚胎的

與胚胎或孵化前發育有關

connected with an embryo or with life before a young animal is born or hatches

例句

Doctors studied embryonic cells to learn how the heart first forms.

醫師研究胚胎細胞，好了解心臟最初如何形成。

collocation: embryonic cells

The scan showed an embryonic spine beginning to curve normally.

掃描顯示一條胚胎脊柱正開始正常彎曲。

pattern: embryonic + body part

常見搭配
  • embryonic cells
  • embryonic tissue
  • embryonic growth
  • embryonic stage

文法句型

embryonic cells

embryonic tissue

embryonic development

用法筆記

Mostly used in biology or medicine before nouns such as tissue, cells, or development. Distinguish from adjective/1, which uses the word metaphorically for plans or systems that are only starting to form.

常見錯誤

The doctor studied embryo tissue.
The doctor studied embryonic tissue.
embryo is the noun; embryonic describes the tissue.
The chick was still embryonic after it hatched.
The chick was no longer embryonic after it hatched.
embryonic refers to the stage before birth or hatching.

同根字

  • embryo
    名詞C1
  • embryology
    名詞C2