2ADJ [ADJ n](想法、體系或機構)萌芽階段的,初期的 An embryo idea, system, or organization is in the very early stages of development, but is expected to grow stronger. (想法、體系或機構)萌芽階段的,初期的
They are an embryo party of government.
他們這個政黨有望組建政府,但目前還不成熟。
It was an embryo idea rather than a fully worked proposal.
這只是初步的想法,並非成形的提議。
3PHRASE [verb-link PHRASE]在萌芽期;在初期 Something that is in embryo is at a very early stage of its development. 在萌芽期;在初期
These developments were foreseen in embryo more than a decade ago.