start
v. 开始; 启动; 创办; 从…开始
n. 开端; 起始优势
If you start to do something, you do something that you were not doing before and you continue doing it.
John then unlocked the front door and I started to follow him up the stairs...
约翰接着打开前门,我开始跟他上楼。
It was 1956 when Susanna started the work on the garden...
苏珊娜是从 1956 年开始修建这个花园的。
When something starts, or if someone starts it, it takes place from a particular time.
The fire is thought to have started in an upstairs room...
火灾被认为是从楼上的一个房间里开始燃起的。
The Great War started in August of that year...
第一次世界大战于那年 8 月爆发。
If you start by doing something, or if you start with something, you do that thing first in a series of actions.
I started by asking how many day-care centers were located in the United States...
我一开始先问了问美国有多少所日托中心。
He started with a good holiday in Key West, Florida.
他先去佛罗里达的基韦斯特岛度了个愉快的假期。
You use start to say what someone's first job was. For example, if their first job was that of a factory worker, you can say that they started as a factory worker.
Betty started as a shipping clerk at the clothes factory...
贝蒂的第一份工作是在服装厂里当运务员。
Grace Robertson started as a photographer with Picture Post in 1947.
格雷斯·罗伯逊于 1947 年参加工作,做了《图片邮报》杂志的一名摄影师。
When someone starts something such as a new business, they create it or cause it to begin.
George Granger has started a health centre and I know he's looking for qualified staff...
乔治·格兰杰开办了一个保健中心,我知道他正在物色合格的职员。
Now is probably as good a time as any to start a business.
目前可能正是创业的最佳时机。
If you start an engine, car, or machine, or if it starts, it begins to work.
He started the car, which hummed smoothly...
他发动了汽车,车发出平稳的嗡嗡声。
We were just passing one of the parking bays when a car's engine started.
我们从一个停车区经过时,一辆车发动了引擎。
If you start, your body suddenly moves slightly as a result of surprise or fear.
She put the bottle on the table, banging it down hard. He started at the sound...
她砰的一声把瓶子放到了桌子上,把他吓了一跳。
Rachel started forward on the sofa. — 'You mean you've arrested Pete?'
雷切尔从沙发上猛地往前一欠身子。——“你的意思是你已经抓到了皮特?”
You use for a start or to start with to introduce the first of a number of things or reasons that you want to mention or could mention.
You must get her name and address, and that can be a problem for a start...
你必须先打听到她的姓名和地址,而那可能就是第一个难题。
It comes as a surprise to be reminded that he is 70. For a start, he doesn't look it...
有人提醒我他 70 岁了,这很令人惊讶。首先,他看上去不像。
If you get off to a good start, you are successful in the early stages of doing something. If you get off to a bad start, you are not successful in the early stages of doing something.
The new Prime Minister has got off to a good start, but he still has to demonstrate what manner of leader he is going to be...
新首相上任后开了个好头,但他仍得展现出自己的执政风格。
England got off to a bad start in the Five Nations' Championship, losing 35-10 to France.
英格兰队在五国锦标赛中开局不利,以 10 比 35 输给了法国队。
To start with means at the very first stage of an event or process.
To start with, the pressure on her was very heavy, but it's eased off a bit now...
一开始,她的压力很大,但现在已经好些了。
Success was assured and, at least to start with, the system operated smoothly.
成功有保证了,至少该系统一开始运行得挺顺利。
1. the beginning of anything;
2. the time at which something is supposed to begin;
3. a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning);
4. a sudden involuntary movement;
5. the act of starting something;
6. a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
7. a signal to begin (as in a race);
8. advantage gained by an early start as in a race;
1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;
2. set in motion, cause to start;
3. leave;
4. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense;
5. bring into being;
6. get off the ground;
7. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm;
8. get going or set in motion;
9. begin or set in motion;
10. begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job;
11. play in the starting line-up
12. have a beginning characterized in some specified way;
13. begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object;
begin, start, commence, initiate, inaugurate
这些动词均含有"开始"之意。
depart, leave, go, start, quit, set out
这些动词均含"离开某处"之意。
don't start (或 don't you start)
(非正式)告诉(某人)不要发牢骚(或指责)
for a start
(非正式)首先;一开始
get the start of
(旧)比…居先,比…占优势
start a family
开始怀第一个孩子
start a hare
start something
(非正式)惹是生非
start in
(非正式)开始做(尤指开始说)
start off (或 start someone/thing off)
(使)开始;(使)从事
start on
开始进行;着手处理
(非正式)开始吵架;开始用言语抨击
start over
(北美)重新开始
start out (或 up)
着手,开始从事(某事业,尤指商业)
start something【非正式用语】
招致麻烦
to start with
开始;起先
无论如何
The announcer gave out that the 3:30 train to Manchester would start from Platform 4.
播音员通知:三点三十分开往曼彻斯特的火车将从4号站台发车.
The business folded up despite its brave start.
生意虽然开始时很成功,但终于失败了.
She resolved on making an early start.
她决定早早出发.
It has been a success from the very start this year.
今年一开始,就来了个开门红.
We'll start when the team leader comes.
队长一来,我们就出发.