begin

单词音标

begin音标[bi\'gin]

汉语翻译

vt. 开始

vi. 开始

【计】 开始

相关词组:

not begin to

begin with...

To begin with...

to begin

词型变化

动词过去式:began过去分词:begun现在分词:beginning第三人称单数:begins

词意辨析

begin, start, commence, initiate, inaugurate

这些动词均含有“开始”之意。

begin: *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。

英语解释

名词 begin:

Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)

同义词：Menachem Begin

动词 begin:

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

同义词：get down, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence

have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

同义词：start

set in motion, cause to start

同义词：lead off, start, commence

begin to speak or say he began

be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series

have a beginning, of a temporal event

have a beginning characterized in some specified way

同义词：start

begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object

同义词：start

achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative

begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language

例句

She\'s begun on (ie started writing or reading) a new novel.

她已开始写(或阅读)一本新小说。

Building began last year.

建筑工程去年已经开始。

The meeting will begin at nine.

会议将在九点开始。

When does the concert begin?

音乐会什麽时候开始?

The English alphabet begins with `A\' and ends with `Z\'.

英文字母表以A开始，以Z结束。

I have to begin with an apology.

我得首先表示歉意。

The new fare will be 1, beginning (from) next month.

从下月起，新车费为1英镑。

When did you begin learning English?

你何时开始学习英语的？

详细解释

be.gin

v.（动词）

be.gan[-g2n.] be.gun[-gôn.] be.gin.ning,be.gins

v.intr.（不及物动词）

To take the first step in performing an action; start.

开始：采取行动的第一步；着手

To come into being:

开始，起源：形成，产生：

例句：

when life began.

当生命开始时

To do or accomplish in the least degree:

起步：完成或达到*低限度：

例句：

Those measures do not even begin to address the problem.

那些措施根本不能触及问题所在

v.tr.（及物动词）

To take the first step in doing; start:

着手开始：采取行动的第一步；着手：

例句：

began work.

开始工作

To cause to come into being; originate.

使形成；产生

To come first in:

起首：第一个出现：

例句：

The numeral begins the sequence.

一是数字的起首

来源：

Middle English biginnen

中古英语 biginnen

from Old English beginnan

源自 古英语 beginnan

<参考词汇><同义词>begin,commence,start,initiate,inaugurateThese verbs are compared as they denote coming or putting into operation, being, or motion or setting about taking the first step, as in a procedure.

当这些动词表示开始行动，开始产生或着手采取行动的第一步时，可以互作比较。

Begin and commence are equivalent in meaning,thoughcommence is more formal:

Begin

began the race;

commence 意思相同，但commence 更为正式：

例句：

开始比赛；

例句：

a play that begins at eight o`clock;

八点钟开演的节目；

例句：

commenced her career as a scientist;

开始她的科研生涯；

例句：

festivities that commenced with the national anthem.

以国歌开始的节日盛会。

Start is often interchangeable withbegin and commence but can also imply setting out from a specific point,frequently following inaction:

Start 经常可以同begin 和 commence 互换， 但也可以暗指从特定一点出发，通常接在静止动作后：

例句：

Stand and visit with me for a few minutes until the train starts.

在火车启动以前站着陪我谈几分钟；

例句：

The telephone started ringing.

电话铃响起来。

Initiate applies to the act of taking the first steps in a process,without reference to what follows:

Initiate 指在一过程中采取的第一步行动，而不考虑之后如何：

例句：

The public hoped the government would initiate restrictions on imported goods.

公众希望政府能对进口货物采取限制。

Inaugurate often connotes a formal beginning:

Inaugurate 经常指正式的开始：

例句：

.The exhibition inaugurated a new era of cultural relations between the Soviet Union and United States. (Serge Schmemann).

.这次展览开创了美苏两国文化关系的新纪元。. （塞格·施密曼）