If a further inquiry were felt to be appropriate, then it should be initiated by those with the required power and authority.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

So, he had over a thousand laughter-initiated situations and here are some typical comments that initiated laughter, sometimes uproarious laughter, on the parts of people.

他收集了一千多个引起笑的情景,这里列出一些普遍能引人发笑的话，有些能让某些人轰然大笑。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

It engages the ancient art of pastoral poetry initiated and made famous by the great Greek poet Theocritus, which was later imitated by Moscus and then finally by the Roman poet Virgil in his celebrated pastoral eclogues.

它沿用了古老的田园诗艺术,田园文学是由希腊伟大诗人忒奥克里托斯创始并发扬开来的，后来为摩斯科斯所模仿，最终,罗马诗人维吉尔的著名田园诗也是模仿的此诗体。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

"The violence was initiated by those hardcore Turkish activists who came here looking for a fight.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

Dubai World's debts grew from projects initiated during Dubai's property boom, including man-made islands in the shape of palm trees and the world's tallest building.

VOA: standard.2009.12.02

They got that fight. They initiated the violence; they are responsible for the violence."

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

To combat the growing problem, Ensalaco said in late October the U.S.Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) initiated Operation Cross Country IV, a nationwide crackdown on human trafficking.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

She says a four-year scientific study initiated by the World Bank says there is little role for genetic modification in feeding the poor on a large scale.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

The Obama administration has lifted limits on travel and remittances to Cuba by Cuban-Americans and initiated talks on reinstating direct postal service between the two countries for the first time since 1963.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28