begin
v. 开始,以…开头; 启动,创办; 起初是; 开始说
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。
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。
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
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。”
1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;
2. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense;
3. set in motion, cause to start;
4. begin to speak or say;
5. be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series;
6. have a beginning, of a temporal event;
7. have a beginning characterized in some specified way;
8. begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object;
9. achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative;
10. begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language;
begin, start, commence, initiate, inaugurate
这些动词均含有"开始"之意。
to begin with
首先
How to begin the writing [ painting ] ?
如何 着笔?
When does the film begin?
电影什么时候开始?
Begin with this one and do the others afterwards.
先做这个,然后再做其他的事.
As people grow older, they begin to ruminate on the uncertainty of life.
随着年龄的增长, 人们开始对生活的变化无常冥思苦想.
The days begin to draw in after the summer solstice.
夏至之后白天开始变短.