begin
英 [b?'g?n]
美[b?'ɡ?n]
- vt. 開始
- vi. 開始；首先
- n. (Begin)人名；(以、德)貝京；(英)貝讓
英英釋意
- 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. 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"
- 3. 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"
- 4. begin to speak or say;
- "Now listen, friends," he began
- 5. 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 ceremoney officially begins the semester"
- 6. have a beginning, of a temporal event;
- "WWII began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"
- "The company's Asia tour begins next month"
- 7. 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 work-out"
- "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony"
- 8. 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"
- 9. 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"
- 10. begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language;
- "She began Russian at an early age"
- "We started French in fourth grade"
雙語例句
- 1. As the domestic market becomes saturated, firms begin to export the product.
- 由于國內(nèi)市場飽和，各公司開始外銷。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Suddenly all the men pull out pistols and begin blasting away.
- 突然，所有人都拔出手槍，連續(xù)射擊。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Begin by planning on three two-hour reviews with four chapters per session.
- 先安排3次溫習(xí)時間，每次用2個小時復(fù)習(xí)4個章節(jié)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. You can't begin to imagine how much that saddens me.
- 你都無從想象這讓我有多悲傷。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. You can add ingredients to these desserts as they begin to set.
- 這些甜點(diǎn)開始凝固時就可以加入輔料了。
來自柯林斯例句