Nascent 是一个与小站（微信公众号：田间小站）去年推送过的reminiscent一样，都是以熟词 scent 结尾的单词，两者可以一并联想记忆。该词源自拉丁语nasci（出生）的过去分词nascentem（刚出生的、未成熟的），17世纪10年代进入英语后，相应也是用来表示“新生的、萌芽的、刚出现的、未成熟的”或者说“开始形成的、开始发展的”。使用时常作正式用语且一般仅用在名词前，侧重指最近刚刚形成，并开始显示出未来可能会迅速扩大或变强的迹象，

比如：

The nascent party fared very badly in the turbulent, strident and bitterly contested election.该新成立的政党在这场乱七八糟、吵吵嚷嚷、争夺激烈的选举中表现非常糟糕。

As a fickle friend,  he tackled the nascent problem in a typically haphazard manner.作为一个靠不住的朋友，他像往常一样，处理这个刚出现的问题时也很没有章法。

We will continue to carry out criticism and self-criticism in keeping with the principle of learning from mistakes to prevent recurrence and treating the illness to save the patient. We will conduct four forms of oversight over discipline compliance, identify problems early and correct them while they are nascent.权威用例坚持开展批评和自我批评，坚持惩前毖后、治病救人，运用监督执纪“四种形态”，抓早抓小、防微杜渐。

出自党的十九大报告（双语全文）

embryonic: (of a system, idea, or organization) in a rudimentary stage with potential for further development fledgling: a person or organization that is immature, inexperienced, or underdeveloped incipient: in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop同近义词