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- v.开始;（从…）开始;启动;起始;起初是;本来是;不想;创始;开始讲话;开始存在(或进行)
beginverb
开始；启动
to start doing sth; to do the first part of sth
We began work on the project in May.
我们于五月份启动了这项工程。
I began (= started reading) this novel last month and I still haven't finished it.
我上月就开始读这本小说，到现在还没读完。
He always begins his lessons with a warm-up exercise.
他讲课前总是先让学生做预备练习题。
He began his political career as a student (= when he was a student) .
他从当学生时起就开始了他的政治生涯。
Shall I begin?
我可以开始了吗？
Let's begin at page 9.
咱们从第9页开始。
She began by thanking us all for coming.
她首先对我们大家的到来表示感谢。
I began to feel dizzy.
我开始感到头晕目眩。
At last the guests began to arrive.
客人们终于陆续到达了。
She began to cry.
她哭起来了。
It was beginning to snow.
开始下雪了。
I was beginning to think you'd never come.
我开始以为你是不会来了。
Everyone began talking at once.
大家同时开始讲话。
When will you begin recruiting?
你们何时开始招募人员？
起始；开始存在（或进行）
to start to happen or exist, especially from a particular time
When does the concert begin?
音乐会什么时间开始？
Work on the new bridge is due to begin in September.
新桥定于九月份动工。
The evening began well.
晚会开始得很顺利。
起初是；本来是
to be sth first, before becoming sth else
He began as an actor, before starting to direct films.
他先是当演员，后来开始执导影片。
What began as a minor scuffle turned into a full-scale riot.
开始的小冲突演变成了大规模的暴乱。
（从…）开始；（以…）为起点
to have sth as the first part or the point where sth starts
Use ‘an’ before words beginning with a vowel.
在以元音开始的词之前使用an。
‘I'm thinking of a country in Asia.’ ‘What does it begin with (= what is the first letter) ?’
“我在想一个亚洲国家。”“它的首字母是什么？”
Each chapter begins with a quotation.
每一章的开头都有一条引语。
Where does Europe end and Asia begin?
欧洲和亚洲的交界处在哪里？
The path begins at Livingston village.
这条小路始于利文斯顿村。
开始讲话
to start speaking
‘Ladies and gentlemen,’ he began, ‘welcome to the Town Hall.’
“女士们、先生们”，他开始发言说，“欢迎光临市政厅。”
创始；创办
to start or make sth start for the first time
The school began in 1920, with only ten pupils.
这所学校创建于1920年，当时只有十名学生。
He began a new magazine on post-war architecture.
他创办了一份专论战后建筑的新杂志。
不想；绝不能
to make no attempt to do sth or have no chance of doing sth
I can't begin to thank you enough.
我说不尽对你的感激。
He didn't even begin to understand my problem.
他完全没有弄明白我的问题。
you should help and care for your own family, etc. before you start helping other people
There is not much difference in meaning between begin and start , though start is more common in spoken English.start亦含出发、使开始、使（机器）运转之义，begin不含此义：
What time does the concert start/begin?
音乐会什么时候开场？
She started/began working here three months ago.
她三个月前开始在这儿工作。
The story begins on the island of Corfu.
故事从科孚岛上开始。
We’ll need to start at 7.00.
我们需要在7点钟出发。
Who do you think started the fire?
你看是谁点的火？
The car won’t start.
汽车发动不起来。
You can use either an infinitive or a form with -ing after begin and start , with no difference in meaning.begin和start之后接动词不定式或-ing形式均可，在意义上无差别：
I didn’t start worrying/to worry until she was 2 hours late.
她晚了两小时后我才开始担忧起来。
After the forms beginning and starting , the -ing form of the verb is not normally used.beginning和starting之后一般不用动词的-ing形式：
It’s starting/beginning to rain.
开始下雨了。
It’s starting/beginning raining.
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VERB 开始；着手
To begin to do something means to start doing it.He stood up and began to move around the room...
他起身开始在屋里来回走动。
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V-ERG （使）开始（进行或存在）
When something begins or when you begin it, it takes place from a particular time onwards.The problems began last November...
问题在去年11月份开始出现。
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VERB 从…开始；从…着手；首先做（某事）
If you begin with something, or begin by doing something, this is the first thing you do.Could I begin with a few formalities?
请允许我开场先讲几句套话。
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VERB 开始说；开口说
You use begin to mention the first thing that someone says.'Professor Theron,' he began, 'I'm very pleased to see you'...
“西伦教授，”他开口说道，“很高兴见到您。”
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VERB 起初是；开始是
If one thing began as another, it first existed in the form of the second thing.What began as a local festival has blossomed into an international event.
原先的地方节日已经发展成为一项国际性活动。
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VERB （界限或边缘）起始于
If you say that a thing or place begins somewhere, you are talking about one of its limits or edges.The fate line begins close to the wrist...
命运线始于接近手腕的地方。
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VERB 以…开头；首字母为
If a word begins with a particular letter, that is the first letter of that word.The first word begins with an F.
第一个词的首字母为F。
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VERB 无法，难以（解释、理解、想象等）
If you say that you cannot begin to imagine, understand, or explain something, you are emphasizing that it is almost impossible to explain, understand, or imagine.You can't begin to imagine how much that saddens me.
你都无从想象这让我有多悲伤。
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PHRASE 最初；刚开始
You use to begin with when you are talking about the first stage of a situation, event, or process.It was great to begin with but now it's difficult.
一开始非常好，但现在可就难了。
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PHRASE 首先；第一
You use to begin with to introduce the first of several things that you want to say.'What do scientists you've spoken with think about that?' — 'Well, to begin with, they doubt it's going to work.'
“跟你聊过的科学家是怎么看的？”——“嗯，首先，他们怀疑这能否行得通。”
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begin, start 和 commence 意思相近，但 commence 更为正式，通常不用在日常对话中：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，开始另列一张），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 后都可以接 -ing 形式或名词，但只有 begin 和 start 可以接带 to 的动词不定式。
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- 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
- Synonym: get down get start out start set about set out commence
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- 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
- Synonym: lead off start commence
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- begin to speak or say
- Now listen, friends," he bega
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- begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
- She began Russian at an early age
- We started French in fourth grade
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- achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
- This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation
- You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war
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- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- begin a cigar
- She started the soup while it was still hot
- We started physics in 10th grade
- Synonym: start
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- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- The DMZ begins right over the hill
- The second movement begins after the Allegro
- Prices for these homes start at $250,000
- Synonym: start
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- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- The novel begins with a murder
- My property begins with the three maple trees
- Her day begins with a workout
- The semester begins with a convocation ceremony
- Synonym: start
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- have a beginning, of a temporal event
- WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland
- The company's Asia tour begins next month
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- be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
- The number `one' begins the sequence
- A terrible murder begins the novel
- The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester
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If I may make a suggestion , perhaps we could begin a little earlier next week .
我来提个建议吧，或许我们下个星期可以早一点开始。
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Let 's begin at page 9 .
咱们从第9页开始。
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The pressure of work is beginning to get to him .
工作的压力使他烦恼起来。
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We began work on the project in May .
我们于五月份启动了这项工程。
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Work has begun on the construction of the new airport .
新机场的修建已经开工。
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Could you go back to the beginning of the story ?
你能不能回到故事的开头？
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The project is beginning to show results .
这项工程开始显出成效。
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I was beginning to think you 'd never come .
我开始以为你是不会来了。
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Work on the new bridge is due to begin in September .
新桥定于九月份动工。
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She 's been working there since the beginning of last summer .
她自从去年夏初起就一直在那里工作。
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She began to explain her plan of action to the group .
她开始向小组讲解她的行动计划。
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At last things were beginning to look up .
情况终于开始好转了。
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A typical working day for me begins at 7.30 .
我的工作日一般在7:30开始。
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The cracks in the government 's economic policy are already beginning to show .
政府经济政策中的失误已开始显露出来。
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The job was beginning to make unreasonable demands on his free time .
他的闲暇时间开始被工作过分地侵占了。
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He began by making a few general observations about the report .
开头他先对这个报告作了几点概括性的评论。
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He began to question the ethics of his position .
他开始对他的立场是否符合道德准则提出质疑。
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Slowly , an image began to appear on the screen .
屏幕上慢慢地出现了一幅图像。
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The strain was beginning to tell on the rescue team .
过度的疲劳开始让救援队吃不消了。
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We 're going to Japan at the beginning of July .
我们七月初要去日本。
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He took one smell of the liquid and his eyes began to water .
他闻了一下那种液体，就流起泪来了。
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The economy is at last beginning to recover .
经济终于开始复苏了。
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Young children are beginning their formal education sometimes as early as four years old .
幼儿有时早在四岁时就开始接受正规教育。
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The music and wine began to make him feel sexy .
那音乐和酒逐渐使他性欲萌动。
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The school began in 1920 , with only ten pupils .
这所学校创建于1920年，当时只有十名学生。
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Gradually , the children began to understand .
孩子们渐渐开始明白。
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The firm has begun a major push into the European market .
这家公司已展开了对欧洲市场的重要攻势。
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Businesses are beginning to feel the full impact of the recession .
工商企业开始感受到了经济衰退的全面冲击。
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The government has cut interest rates with effect from the beginning of next month .
政府已削减利率，从下月起开始生效。
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I began this novel last month and I still haven 't finished it .
我上月就开始读这本小说，到现在还没读完。
指动作开始且持续下去，强调开始这一事实。
The yacht will start its maiden voyage next week.
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。
最常用词，指为某一过程或进程开个头，常可与 start 换用。
They began/started to work.
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？
指开始某种正式行动，常伴有正式程序或一定的仪式，语气庄重。
When will the opening ceremony commence?
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。
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