commence
英 [kə'mens]
美[kə'mɛns]
- v. 开始;着手;获得学位
英英释义
- 1. 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"
- 2. 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"
- 3. 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"
同义词辨析
begin, start, commence, initiate, inaugurate
这些动词均含有"开始"之意。
begin: 最常用词,含义广泛,其反义词是end,多用于行动、工作等的开始。
start: 在许多场合可与begin通用,但start侧重动作的起点。
commence: 可与begin换用,但commence系书面正式用词,语气庄重,特指有正式程序或一定仪式,或某种正式行动的"开始"。
initiate: 指创始或发起,侧重某过程的第一步,不考虑结束,强调起始。
inaugurate: 指正式而隆重的开始。
实用场景例句
- The meeting is scheduled to commence at noon.
- 会议定于午间召开。
牛津词典
- The day commenced with a welcome from the principal.
- 那天由校长致欢迎词开始。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- She commenced her medical career in 1956.
- 她于1956年开始行医。
牛津词典
- We commence building next week.
- 我们下周破土动工。
牛津词典
- The academic year commences at the beginning of October...
- 学年于10月初开始。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They commenced a systematic search...
- 他们开始进行彻底搜查。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ' shelby: Okay, Houston , commence whacking. "
- 好吧, 休斯顿, 开始敲打.
期刊摘选
- Unfurl the banners, put on your armour. Let the fighting commence.
- 展开旗帜, 穿上战甲,开始战斗.
期刊摘选
- Our functions commence early!
- 我们的联欢很早就开始了.
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- L'homme commence par aimer l'amour et finit par aimer la femme.
- 男人以爱爱情开始,以爱女人结束.
期刊摘选
- Work will commence on the project at this time, schedule allowing.
- 时间允许的话,项目的实际工作将在该时开展.
期刊摘选
- Recruits commence as trainee.
- 新成员以培训生的身份开始工作.
期刊摘选
- Term will commence on September 4 th.
- 新学期将于9月4日开始.
期刊摘选
- 'Commence,'was Monsieur Defarge's not unreasonable reply,'at the commencement.'
- “ 从开头说起, ” 德伐日的回答不无道理.
英汉文学 - 双城记
- The factory will commence full scale operation next month.
- 工厂将于下月开始全力生产.
辞典例句
- The salary at which I should desire to commence is from HK $4, 000 to 5 , 000.
- 本人愿在开始的数月接受低微的薪金试用.
期刊摘选
- Figs now determined that he would commence the engagement by a charge on his own part.
- 这一回无花果儿决计自己先动手.
辞典例句
- Play shall commence at 10.00 a.m. on 18 August 2007.
- 竞赛将于2007年8月18日上午十点开始.
期刊摘选
- During the liquidation period, a company shall not commence any new operational activities.
- 清算期间, 公司不得开展新的经营活动.
期刊摘选
- Additional CF studies should also commence in 2007.
- CF的额外项目也会进行.
期刊摘选
- In the end , it gives a conclusion and commence on the implementation.
- 并介绍了在目标公司的实施情况及进行了总结和评价.
期刊摘选
- Sufficient information was contained in 2213 of the corruption reports received for investigation to commence.
- 在廉署接获的贪污举报中,2213宗具足够资料让执行处展开调查.
期刊摘选
- The OU will then issue its kosher certificate, and kosher production may commence.
- OU颁布洁食证书后, 工厂可以开始进行洁食生产.
期刊摘选
- We commence building on March 18 th.
- 我们于三月十八日开工.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Commence from the concrete example, the emotion that talk the line of concrete performance.
- 从具体例子入手, 谈线的情感的具体表现.
期刊摘选
- Commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck.
- 计划有好运气开始着手做.
期刊摘选
- Cone Denim ( Jiaxing ) Ltd. is targeted to commence its production in the first quarter of 2007.
- 嘉兴康龙纺织计划在2007年第一季度投入生产.
期刊摘选
中文词源
commence 开始
com-, 强调。-it, 走,开始,词源同exit, itinerary, 现在分词-ence. 双写字母m为早先错误写法,后成为固定拼写。
助记提示
1. (开门就[开]始)开始。
2. 开门就开始.
2. 开门就开始.
双语例句
- 1. The meeting is scheduled to commence at noon.
- 会议定于午间召开。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. We will commence with this work.
- 我们将开始这项工作.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. We commence building on March 18 th.
- 我们于三月十八日开工.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. 'Commence,'was Monsieur Defarge's not unreasonable reply,'at the commencement.'
- “ 从开头说起, ” 德伐日的回答不无道理.
来自英汉文学 - 双城记
- 5. Training will commence on 5 October, running from Tuesday to Saturday inclusive.
- 培训将于10月5日开始,从星期二(含)到星期六(含)。
来自辞典例句
英文词源
- commence (v.)
- c. 1300, from Old French comencier "to begin, start" (10c., Modern French commencer), from Vulgar Latin *cominitiare, originally "to initiate as priest, consecrate," from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + initiare "to initiate," from initium (see initial (adj.)). Spelling with double -m- began in French and was established in English by 1500. Related: Commenced; commencing.
词态变化
第三人称单数: commences;过去式: commenced;过去分词: commenced;现在分词: commencing;