begin的中文翻译是什么意思

begin

US/bɪˈɡɪn/

UK/bɪˈɡɪn/

v. 开始，以…开头; 启动，创办; 起初是; 开始说

begin的柯林斯释义

VERB开始；着手

To begin to do something means to start doing it.

He stood up and began to move around the room...
他起身开始在屋里来回走动。
The weight loss began to look more serious...
体重下降眼看开始变得愈发厉害了。

V-ERG（使）开始（进行或存在）

When something begins or when you begin it, it takes place from a particular time onwards.

The problems began last November...
问题在去年11月份开始出现。
He has just begun his fourth year in hiding...
他东躲西藏的第四个年头刚刚开始。

VERB从…开始；从…着手；首先做（某事）

If you begin with something, or begin by doing something, this is the first thing you do.

Could I begin with a few formalities?
请允许我开场先讲几句套话。
...a businessman who began by selling golf shirts from the boot of his car...
靠他的汽车后备箱练摊兜售高尔夫球衫起家的商人

VERB开始说；开口说

You use begin to mention the first thing that someone says.

'Professor Theron,' he began, 'I'm very pleased to see you'...
“西伦教授，”他开口说道，“很高兴见到您。”
He didn't know how to begin.
他不知从何说起。

VERB起初是；开始是

If one thing began as another, it first existed in the form of the second thing.

What began as a local festival has blossomed into an international event.
原先的地方节日已经发展成为一项国际性活动。

VERB（界限或边缘）起始于

If you say that a thing or place begins somewhere, you are talking about one of its limits or edges.

The fate line begins close to the wrist...
命运线始于接近手腕的地方。
Rue Guynemer begins at the front of the Fitzgerald site.
吉内梅街始于菲茨拉德故居前。

VERB以…开头；首字母为

If a word begins with a particular letter, that is the first letter of that word.

The first word begins with an F.
第一个词的首字母为F。

VERB无法，难以（解释、理解、想象等）

If you say that you cannot begin to imagine, understand, or explain something, you are emphasizing that it is almost impossible to explain, understand, or imagine.

You can't begin to imagine how much that saddens me.
你都无从想象这让我有多悲伤。

PHRASE最初；刚开始

You use to begin with when you are talking about the first stage of a situation, event, or process.

It was great to begin with but now it's difficult.
一开始非常好，但现在可就难了。

PHRASE首先；第一

You use to begin with to introduce the first of several things that you want to say.

'What do scientists you've spoken with think about that?' — 'Well, to begin with, they doubt it's going to work.'
“跟你聊过的科学家是怎么看的？”——“嗯，首先，他们怀疑这能否行得通。”

begin的英文释义

Verb

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;