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  • v. 开始;着手
  • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    前缀be-,强调。-gin,打开。
      verb(动词)
      1. 开始;开始进行(或存在)
      2. 着手(于)
      3. 开始说话
      4. 以…开始;以…开头

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 开始;开始进行(或存在)

      What time does the concert begin?

      音乐会什么时候开始?

      The bridge was begun five years ago and the estimated cost has already doubled.

      这座桥5年前开始建造,到现在为止估计成本已经翻了一番。

      The film they want to watch begins at seven.

      他们要看的电影7点开场。

      The meeting began promisingly, but then things started to go wrong.

      会议开场很不错,可后来出了问题。

    2. 着手(于)

      I began the book six months ago, but I can't seem to finish it.

      我6个月前就开始读这本书,但似乎总也读不完。

      Jane has just begun learning to drive.

      珍妮刚开始学开车。

      If you want to learn to play a musical instrument, it might be a good idea to begin on something simple.

      如果你想学一种乐器,从简单的开始或许是个好主意。

      After waiting for half an hour she was beginning to get angry.

      等了半小时后,她开始生气了。

      I have so much to tell you, I don't know where to begin.

      我有很多话要跟你说,不知从何谈起。

    3. 开始说话

      “Well,” he began. “I don't quite know how to tell you this.”

      “唉,”他开始说,“这事我真是不知道该怎么样跟你说。”

    4. 以…开始;以…开头

      The word “catbegins with the letter “c”.

      单词 cat 以字母 c 开头。

    小知识

    To begin is to start. When it begins to snow, every flake looks pretty, drifting gently down from the dark sky.

    When you begin something, you go ahead with its first part or stage — you can begin the day with a good attitude, or begin a very long book over and over again, always falling asleep before you get to chapter two. You also might begin a journey by lacing up your hiking boots. Things also begin when they have a specific element as a first part, as when a word begins with the letter T.

    实用短语

    1. begin output

      开始输出

    2. begin work

      开始工作,开始努力工作

    3. begin installation

      开始安装

    4. begin level

      起始层

    5. begin time

      开始时间,设置元素显示之前的延迟,起始时间

    常用短语

    1. begin with

      以…开始;开始于…

    2. begin at

      几点开始;从……开始

    3. begin again

      重新开始;重做

    4. begin to do

      开始做某事

    5. begin as

      作为…开始

    6. begin doing

      开始做某事

    单词用法

    词语辨析
    以下这些动词均含有”开始”的意思
    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。
    单词用法
    有时用于进行时态,表示“慢慢开始”、“逐渐”:He was beginning to miss her.他慢慢开始想念她了。2.其后接不定式或动名词均可,含义基本相同:The band began to play[playing].乐队开始演奏。但是,当begin本身是-ing形式时或后接表心理活动的动词时,则只能接不定式:He began to like poetry when he was a boy.他还是孩子时就开始喜欢诗歌。
    近义词汇
    get down to doing sth(to是介词)

    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。

    同义词

    vt. & vi.开始

    take  /  off  /  commence  /  start

    其他释义

    inaugurate  /  institute  /  actuate  /  open  /  originate  /  occasion  /  aggress  /  rise  /  conceive  /  trigger

    反义词

    vt. & vi.开始;动手

    end  /  conclude  /  finish

    其他释义

    stop  /  adjourn  /  cease

    同根词

    词根:begin

    n.

    beginning开始;起点

    beginner初学者;新手;创始人

    v.

    beginning开始;创建(begin的ing形式)