commence

英 [kəˈmens]

美 [kəˈmens]

v. 开始发生; 开始; 着手

过去分词：commenced　现在分词：commencing　过去式：commenced　第三人称单数：commences　

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同义词辨析

start begin commence【导航词义：开始】

startv. 开始

〔辨析〕

指动作开始且持续下去，强调开始这一事实。

〔例证〕

The yacht will start its maiden voyage next week.
这艘游艇将于下周开始它的处女航。
They were starting to skate.
他们正开始滑冰。
Wet the clay a bit more before you start to mould it.
把泥弄湿点再动手塑形。

beginv. 开始

〔辨析〕

最常用词，指为某一过程或进程开个头，常可与 start 换用。

〔例证〕

They began/started to work.
他们开始工作了。
The class began/started with a story.
这节课是从一个故事开始的。
When did you begin/start learning Japanese?
你何时开始学习日语的？

commencev. 〈正式〉开始，着手

〔辨析〕

指开始某种正式行动，常伴有正式程序或一定的仪式，语气庄重。

〔例证〕

When will the opening ceremony commence?
开幕式什么时候开始?
They'll commence building next week.
他们下周破土动工。
Further negotiations on services will commence in 2012.
服务业的进一步谈判将于2012年开启。

牛津词典

verb

开始发生；开始；着手
to begin to happen; to begin sth
1. The meeting is scheduled to commence at noon.
  会议定于午间召开。
2. The day commenced with a welcome from the principal.
  那天由校长致欢迎词开始。
3. I will be on leave during the week commencing 15 February.
  我将从2月15日开始一周的休假。
4. She commenced her medical career in 1956.
  她于1956年开始行医。
5. We commence building next week.
  我们下周破土动工。

柯林斯词典

V-ERG 开始
When somethingcommencesor youcommenceit, it begins.
1. The academic year commences at the beginning of October...
  学年于10月初开始。
2. They commenced a systematic search...
  他们开始进行彻底搜查。
3. The hunter knelt beside the animal carcass and commenced to skin it.
  猎人跪在动物尸体旁边，开始剥皮。

Commence,start, andbeginall have a similar meaning, althoughcommenceis more formal and is not normally used in conversation.The meeting is ready to begin... He tore the list up and started a fresh one. ...an alternative to commencing the process of European integration.Note thatbegin,start, andcommencecan all be followed by an -ing form or a noun, but onlybeginandstartcan be followed by a 'to' infinitive.
commence, start 和 begin 三个词意思相近，不过 commence 一词更为正式，通常不用于对话中。例如，The meeting is ready to begin (会议可以开始了)，He tore the list up and started a fresh one (他把清单撕碎，然后另列一张)，an alternative to commencing the process of European integration (启动欧洲一体化进程的另一种方式)。注意 begin, start 和 commence 都能后接动词的 -ing 形式或名词，但只有 begin 和 start 才能后接不定式。

英英释义

verb

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
1. We began working at dawn
2. Who will start?
3. Get working as soon as the sun rises!
4. The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
5. He began early in the day
6. Let's get down to work now
Synonym:get downbegingetstart outstartset aboutset out
set in motion, cause to start
1. The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
2. The Iraqis began hostilities
3. begin a new chapter in your life
Synonym:beginlead offstart
get off the ground
1. Who started this company?
2. We embarked on an exciting enterprise
3. I start my day with a good breakfast
4. We began the new semester
5. The afternoon session begins at 4 PM
6. The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack
Synonym:startstart upembark on

双语例句

The next stage of work on constitutional development cannot commence without first resolving the issues of legislative process.
法律程序问题一日不解决，下一步政制发展工作都不能展开。
A message flow would then read that message and commence the required processing.
然后一个消息流读取该消息并开始所需的处理。
You should commence with this book.
你该先读这本书。
Should we commence the attack?
我们是否应该开始攻击？
After the course commence, no refund will be entertained.
若课程已开始，将不受理任何退款。
When you've finished your talking I shall commence!
等你结束你的谈话，我再开始！
My only regret is that I did not commence it when I was a youth.
我唯一感到遗憾的是在我年轻的时候没有养成写日记的习惯。
After the start-up time of the dryer, purging of the system may commence.
过了干燥器的预运行时间，可以执行吹扫。
When the construction work is expected to commence and when it will be completed?
有关兴建工程预计何时动工，及将于何时完成？
As you might imagine, once the real changes commence people will be unable to ignore them.
正如你们可能想像的，一旦真正的改变开始，人们将无法忽视它们。