begin vi. (began; begun; beginning) 1.開(kāi)始 (opp. end); 著手,動(dòng)手。 2.始于,源于 (from). School begins on Monday. 星期一開(kāi)課。 vt. 1.開(kāi)始,創(chuàng)始;動(dòng)手,著手。 2.創(chuàng)建。 It has begun to be done. = It has been begun. 工作開(kāi)始了。 He began (to speak). 他開(kāi)口了。 a book I began (to read) 開(kāi)始讀的書(shū)。 begin a dynasty 開(kāi)創(chuàng)一個(gè)朝代。 begin again 重做,從頭另做。 begin at 從…開(kāi)始 (begin at the wrong end 開(kāi)錯(cuò)了頭。 begin at page 10 從第10頁(yè)開(kāi)始)。 begin by (doing ...)從(做…)開(kāi)始,先做…。 begin on [upon] 著手,動(dòng)手 (He has begun on a new book. 他已開(kāi)始讀[寫(xiě)]另一本新書(shū))。 begin the world 開(kāi)始為人[處世];開(kāi)始獨(dú)立生活。 begin with 從…開(kāi)始,先做 (A little caviar to begin with, madame 先吃一點(diǎn)魚(yú)子醬怎么樣,女士?)。 not begin to (do) 〔口語(yǔ)〕決不會(huì),完全不 (It does not begin to meet the specifications. 這完全不合規(guī)格。 I can't begin to tell you how grateful I am. 我不知道怎樣感激你才好)。 to begin with 首先,第一,第一個(gè)理由是;本來(lái)〔插入語(yǔ)〕 (To begin with, he is too young. 首先[第一],他太年輕了)。
The year began on a somewhat sour note . 新年伊始,就有點(diǎn)不景氣。
The strike is due to begin on tuesday . 罷工定于星期二開(kāi)始。
The negotiation will begin on schedule . 談判按期舉行。
He has begun on a new book . 他已開(kāi)始寫(xiě)另一本新書(shū)。
He has begun on a new book . 他已開(kāi)始讀另一本新書(shū)。
In approximately 1925, work began on the problem of suspension . 大約在1925年才開(kāi)始了關(guān)于懸移質(zhì)的研究。
The battle that began on the night of the storm carried over well into the next afternoon . 那個(gè)暴風(fēng)雨之夜打響的戰(zhàn)斗,一直延續(xù)到第二天下午很晚。
As soon as jem and his mother were left by themselves, he began on the subject uppermost in his mind . 等到剩下他和母親兩人,吉姆便提起他心頭最要緊的那件事。
Against this background, an unprecedented number of acts of violence broke out along the cease-fire line beginning on 5 august 1965 . 在這種背景下,一九六五年八月五日開(kāi)始,在停火線上空前頻繁地發(fā)生暴力行動(dòng)。
A new day has begun on the tangbula grassland 大牛:唐布拉草原新的一天開(kāi)始了。