| 词汇 | begin |
| 释义 | begin | BrE bɪˈɡɪn, AmE bɪˈɡɪn | past tense began past participle begun A. transitive verb ① (start doing, start out on) 开始 ‹career, meeting, game›▸ to begin to do sth, to begin doing sth; 开始做某事 ▸ begin a new paragraph 另起一段 ▸ to begin a journey 起程 ▸ they began their married life in a bedsitter 他们结婚时住在起居兼卧室两用的租间里 ▸ she began life as a grocer's daughter 她出生于食品杂货商家庭 ▸ to begin sth by doing sth/with sth; 以做某事/以某事物作为某事的开端 ② (start using) 开启 ‹bottle›; 开始吃 ‹loaf›; 开始用 ‹page, notebook›③ (say as first words) «letter» 开始写道 ; «story» 开始讲道 ▸ ‘once upon a time,’she began “从前啊，”她开始说道 ④ (have slightest success) 一点也 ▸ I can't begin to tell you how grateful I am 我对你的感激之情难以言表 ▸ I didn't begin to understand 我完全不明白 ⑤ (initiate) 发起 ‹campaign›; 创建 ‹dynasty›; 引起 ‹debate, dispute, trend›; 散布 ‹rumour›⑥ (come first in) 在…中居首位 ‹series, collection, festival›▸ A begins the alphabet A是字母表中的第一个字母 B. intransitive verb ① (start doing sth, do first stage) 开始做 ▸ it's very complicated: I don't know where to begin 这事很复杂，我不知从何处下手 ▸ to begin by doing sth/with sth; 先做某事/从某事物着手 ▸ she began as a sales assistant 她先是担任销售助理 ② (have first stage, start happening) «play, meeting, disease, problem, storm» 开始 ▸ a name beginning with C 以C开头的名字 ▸ to begin as sth; 起初是某事物 ▸ beginning from July 1st, … 从7月1日起，… ▸ the pain began when I tried to move my leg 我那时腿一动就疼 ③ (have starting point) «country, road» 起始 ; «river» 发源 C. to begin with adverb phrase ① (at first) 起初 ② (firstly) 首先 ③ (originally) 本来 ▸ was it like that to begin with? 它原本就是那样吗？ ④ (at all) 根本 ▸ I wish I'd never bought the house to begin with 真希望我压根就没有买那幢房子 PHRASAL VERBS begin at: transitive verb [begin at sth] «goods» 底价为 ; «prices» 从…起 begin on: transitive verb [begin on sth] 着手做 |
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