adj.开始的,初期的
signs of incipient unrest
动乱的初期迹象
There were signs of incipient panic.
出现了早期的恐慌迹象。
She felt for him an incipient tenderness, but scarcely any passion.
她对他的好感只是一种刚刚萌芽的柔情, 还根本谈不上什么爱情.