commence
英 [kəˈmens]
美 [kəˈmens]
v. 开始发生; 开始; 着手
过去分词:commenced 现在分词:commencing 过去式:commenced 第三人称单数:commences
Collins.1 / BNC.4318 / COCA.9454
同义词辨析
这艘游艇将于下周开始它的处女航。
They were starting to skate.
他们正开始滑冰。
Wet the clay a bit more before you start to mould it.
把泥弄湿点再动手塑形。
他们开始工作了。
The class began/started with a story.
这节课是从一个故事开始的。
When did you begin/start learning Japanese?
你何时开始学习日语的?
开幕式什么时候开始?
They'll commence building next week.
他们下周破土动工。
Further negotiations on services will commence in 2012.
服务业的进一步谈判将于2012年开启。
牛津词典
verb
- 开始发生;开始;着手
to begin to happen; to begin sth- The meeting is scheduled to commence at noon.
会议定于午间召开。 - The day commenced with a welcome from the principal.
那天由校长致欢迎词开始。 - I will be on leave during the week commencing 15 February.
我将从2月15日开始一周的休假。 - She commenced her medical career in 1956.
她于1956年开始行医。 - We commence building next week.
我们下周破土动工。
- The meeting is scheduled to commence at noon.
柯林斯词典
- V-ERG 开始
When somethingcommencesor youcommenceit, it begins.- The academic year commences at the beginning of October...
学年于10月初开始。 - They commenced a systematic search...
他们开始进行彻底搜查。 - The hunter knelt beside the animal carcass and commenced to skin it.
猎人跪在动物尸体旁边,开始剥皮。
- The academic year commences at the beginning of October...
Commence,start, andbeginall have a similar meaning, althoughcommenceis more formal and is not normally used in conversation.The meeting is ready to begin... He tore the list up and started a fresh one. ...an alternative to commencing the process of European integration.Note thatbegin,start, andcommencecan all be followed by an -ing form or a noun, but onlybeginandstartcan be followed by a 'to' infinitive.
commence, start 和 begin 三个词意思相近,不过 commence 一词更为正式,通常不用于对话中。例如,The meeting is ready to begin (会议可以开始了),He tore the list up and started a fresh one (他把清单撕碎,然后另列一张),an alternative to commencing the process of European integration (启动欧洲一体化进程的另一种方式)。注意 begin, start 和 commence 都能后接动词的 -ing 形式或名词,但只有 begin 和 start 才能后接不定式。
英英释义
verb
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- We began working at dawn
- Who will start?
- Get working as soon as the sun rises!
- The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
- He began early in the day
- Let's get down to work now
- set in motion, cause to start
- The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
- The Iraqis began hostilities
- begin a new chapter in your life
- get off the ground
- Who started this company?
- We embarked on an exciting enterprise
- I start my day with a good breakfast
- We began the new semester
- The afternoon session begins at 4 PM
- The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack
双语例句
- The academic year commences at the beginning of October
学年于10月初开始。 - After the course commence, no refund will be entertained.
若课程已开始,将不受理任何退款。 - Shall we commence the meeting at ten o'clock?
会议十点开始,好吗? - You should commence with this book.
你该先读这本书。 - The cool down and start-up procedure will commence with assistance from appropriate vendor representatives as required.
冷却和开车程序将根据需要在合适的卖方代表的协助下开始。 - The hunter knelt beside the animal carcass and commenced to skin it.
猎人跪在动物尸体旁边,开始剥皮。 - Tom and his companions commence on their third bottle in an hour.
汤姆和他的同伴在一个小时内开始喝第三瓶酒了。 - After the start-up time of the dryer, purging of the system may commence.
过了干燥器的预运行时间,可以执行吹扫。 - As you might imagine, once the real changes commence people will be unable to ignore them.
正如你们可能想像的,一旦真正的改变开始,人们将无法忽视它们。 - When you've finished your talking I shall commence!
等你结束你的谈话,我再开始!