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commence ☞commencev. [kǝ′mens] (commences; commenced; commencing)
双解释义 vt. & vi.开始 begin; start 基本要点 1. commence作“开始”解,一般用于较正式的场合,语气较强,在日常情况下应改用begin或start. 2. commence可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,后面可接名词、动名词或动词不定式。接动名词和接动词不定式所表达的意思相同,接动名词属于正式用法,多用于书面语;接不定式属非正式用法,多用于口语。3. commence后接介词as,表示“以(某职业)开始自己的生涯”;后接介词on,表示“开始从事(某事)”;后接介词with,表示“以…开始,从…开始”。词汇搭配 ~+名词 ~ the attack 开始攻击 ~ a lawsuit 开始提出了诉讼 ~ the meeting 开始开会 ~ school 开始上学 ~ work 开始上班~+副词 ~ amiably 亲切地开始 ~ busily 繁忙地开始 ~ ceremoniously 仪式隆重地开始 ~ comfortably 舒适地开始 ~ conventionally 常规地开始 ~ daily 日常地开始 ~ prosperously 成功地开始 ~ shrewdly 精明地开始~+介词 ~ as 以(某职业)开始自己的生涯 ~ on 开始从事(某事) ~ with 以…开始,从…开始句型例句 用作不及物动词 ▲ S+~(+A) The performance will commence from 7:00 p.m. 演出晚上7点开始。 The second term commenced in March. 第二学期自三月份开始。用作及物动词 ▲ S+~+n./pron. If everyone has arrived, we may now commence the meeting. 如果人都到齐了,现在我们可以开始开会。 The judges commenced a lawsuit. 法官们开始提出了诉讼。 Should we commence the attack? 我们是否应该开始攻击了?▲ S+~+to-v The young girl took the cheese and commenced to eat. 那个年轻女孩拿了干酪开始吃起来。 The little girl commenced to cry when she saw the snake. 这小女孩一看到蛇就开始哭了起来。▲ S+~+v-ing He commenced studying law. 他开始攻读法律。 After the election the new government commenced developing the roads. 选举后新政府开始修建道路。常用短语 ♣ commence as (v.+prep.) 以(某职业)开始自己的生涯 start one's life work by being (a workman in a certain trade, etc.)▲ commence as sb/sth Many important businessmen commenced as factory workers. 许多显赫的企业家都是从工厂的工人做起的。 The newspaper had commenced as a duplicated broadsheet. 这家报纸最初为双面版。▲ commence sth as sb She commenced her life as an actress in the 1930s. 从30年代她就开始了舞台生涯。 ♣ commence on (v.+prep.) 开始从事(某事) start to work on; start dealing with (sth)▲ commence on sth He commenced on a piece of work. 他着手搞一项工作。 He commenced on a technical innovation two years ago but has made no progress so far. 两年前他着手进行一项技术革新,但迄今尚无任何进展。 He has commenced on a new book. 他已开始读一本新书。 Has he commenced on another bottle? 他已开始喝另一瓶酒了吗? The children commenced on the chocolate biscuits. 孩子们开始吃巧克力饼干。 ♣ commence with (v.+prep.) 以…开始,从…开始 start with ▲ commence with sth You should commence with this book. 你该先读这本书。 We will commence with this work. 我们将开始这项工作。 The word commences with a vowel. 这个词开头是元音。 The Bible commences with the Genesis. 《圣经》开头是《创世记》。 The concert commenced with the national anthem. 音乐会以奏国歌开始。 Let's commence with the first paragraph. 咱们从第一段开始吧。词语辨异 ♣ commence, begin, originate, start 这组词都有“开始”的意思。其区别是: 1. commence和start有时可互换,但在作“动身,出发”解或某一活动过程的“开始”解时,只能用start. 2. commence强调缓慢地开始,而start强调从不动到动或停止后再动。3. start往往强调“开始”这一行动本身,而commence则含有为了某一目的的意味。4. commence比begin要庄严得多,含有正式开始或开幕的意味,如开始举行典礼、开始审讯案件等。5. begin是最常用语;commence多用于书面语;start则多用于口语。6. originate作不及物动词时,表示“源自”“起始”“发起”等意思;用作及物动词时,表示“创始”“发明”。 |