begin

英[bɪˈɡɪn]美[bɪˈɡɪn]

v.开始，以…开头，启动，创办，起初是，开始说；

第三人称单数：begins;

过去式：began;

过去分词：begun;

现在分词：beginning;

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I found it tiring to begin with but I soon got used to it.刚开始时我觉得很累, 不过很快就适应了。

It was fine to begin with and then it started to rain.起初天气很好, 后来才开始下雨。

To begin with, she is too young for that kind of job.首先, 她做这种工作年纪还太轻。

The frozen ground will have to be picked up by hand before machine digging can begin.这冻土必须挖过后才能用掘土机掘土。

Our plan must be well laid out before we begin to work.我们在开始工作之前, 必须制定好计划。

The registration of students for the course will begin on Thursday morning.学生登记上的这门课将于星期四上午开始。

We can’t give Smith the position. To begin with,he’s too young;secondly,I want my son to have the job.我们不能把这一职位给史密斯。第一,他太年轻;第二,我想让我儿子就任这一职位。

The management have agreed to begin pay talks as a quid pro quo for suspension of strike action.管理层已经同意进行工资谈判，作为暂停罢工的交换。

The company will soon begin operation.那家公司不久就要开始营业。

Sir, is it time to begin?先生, 该开会了吗?

英语六级真题

The retail giant said the poor financial performance this year has pushed it to begin implementing $400 million in cost-cutting measures.

The Los Angeles Math Circle, held at the University of California, Los Angeles, began in 2007 with 20 students and now has more than 250.

The German traveler Johann Winckelmann pioneered the field of art history with his comprehensive study of Greek and Roman sculpture; he was portrayed by his friend Anton Raphael Mengs at the beginning of his long residence in Rome.

Many aristocrats began to move into Roman-style villas.

But efforts are in place to expose more black, Hispanic, and low-income students to advanced math, in the hope that the demographic pool of high-level contenders will eventually begin to shift and become less exclusive.

Beginning in the late sixteenth century, it became fashionable for young aristocrats to visit Paris, Venice, Florence, and above all, Rome, as the culmination ( ' , 终极) of their classical education.

Another influential feeder for advanced-math students is an online school called Art of Problem Solving, which began about 13 years ago and now has 15,000 users.

I remember talking with a young lawyer who was about to begin her first jury trial.

Whether this is right, and if so where and when the ecological axe will fall, is hard to determine with any precision—which is why governments and financial institutions are only beginning to bring such risks into their economic calculations.

Now, a new study that began with about 1,000 children in New Zealand has tracked how a child’s low self-control can predict poor health, money troubles and even a criminal record in their adult years.

The Consumer Electronics Show in recent years has begun to focus more on the practical value than the showiness of electronic devices.

Glimmers ( ' , 少许 ) of hope, however, are beginning to emerge in this bruising environment: Americans are becoming aware of the toll their jobs take on them, and employers are exploring ways to alleviate the harmful effects of stress and overwork.

Politicians are beginning to realise the importance of enlisting psychologists' help in fighting climate change.

On top of the tragic loss of life, the accident in California will cast a long shadow over the future of space tourism, even before it has properly begun.

But more recently, companies have begun to plan more affordable After being dogged by technical delays for years, Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic's founder, had recently suggested that a SpaceShipTwo craft would carry its first paying customers as soon as February 2015.

But she says nations will not make progress fighting hunger and poverty until they begin to focus on those critical first thousand days.

However, this is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg as smart buildings and even cities increasingly become the norm as leaders and business owners begin to wake up to the massive savings that technology can deliver through connected sensors and new fo

If the farm is well managed and has enough land, and the desire to convert is sincere, a relationship can begin.

I'm having some problems getting started on my dissertation and I was hoping you could give me some advice on how to begin.

It's in these populations that we begin to see real changes in the genetic makeup of natural coloring.

Now, I'd like to begin by saying that I have on occasions used an interpreter myself as a foreign correspondent.

The more we dwell on negative emotions, the more negative we begin to feel.

To begin to figure out how computers are struggling, researchers at the University of Washington created a massive database of faces—they call it MegaFace—and tested a variety of facial-recognition algorithms as they scaled up in complexity.

We believe that the number of people who fit that definition includes the majority of American workers, which prompted us to begin a study of workaholism in the U.S..

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

开始；着手

To begin to do something means to start doing it.

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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.

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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.

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VERB

开始说；开口说

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

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VERB

起初是；开始是

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

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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.

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VERB

以…开头；首字母为

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

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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.

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PHRASE

*初；刚开始

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

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PHRASE

首先；第一

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

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英汉词典释义

vt. & vi.

开始; 着手

创始；创办

vi.

起始；开始存在（或进行）

起初是；本来是

（从…）开始；（以…）为起点

开始讲话

不想；绝不能

英英词典释义

Verb

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;

行业词典

计算机： 开始，着手，开端；