中文翻译与英英解释 | vi.
(began; begun; beginning)
1.开始 (opp. end); 着手，动手。
2.始于，源于 (from). School begins on Monday. 星期一开课。
vt.
1.开始，创始；动手，着手。
2.创建。
短语和例子
It has begun to be done. ＝ It has been begun. 工作开始了。 He began (to speak). 他开口了。 a book I began (to read) 开始读的书。 begin a dynasty 开创一个朝代。 begin again 重做，从头另做。 begin at 从…开始 (begin at the wrong end 开错了头。 begin at page 10 从第10页开始)。 begin by (doing ...)从(做…)开始，先做…。 begin on [upon] 着手，动手 (He has begun on a new book. 他已开始读[写]另一本新书)。 begin the world 开始为人[处世]；开始独立生活。 begin with 从…开始，先做 (A little caviar to begin with, madame 先吃一点鱼子酱怎么样，女士？)。 not begin to (do) 〔口语〕决不会，完全不 (It does not begin to meet the specifications. 这完全不合规格。 I can't begin to tell you how grateful I am. 我不知道怎样感激你才好)。 to begin with 首先，第一，第一个理由是；本来〔插入语〕 (To begin with, he is too young. 首先[第一]，他太年轻了)。
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| take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let''s get down to work now"
同义词：get down, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence,
| | set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
同义词：lead off, start, commence,
| | begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began
| | begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"
| | achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative; "This economic measure doesn''t even begin to deal with the problem of inflation"; "You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war"
| | begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade"
同义词：start,
| | have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"
同义词：start,
| | have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a workout"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony"
同义词：start,
| | have a beginning, of a temporal event; "WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company''s Asia tour begins next month"
| | be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series; "The number `one'' begins the sequence"; "A terrible murder begins the novel"; "The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester"
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例句与用法 | 1. | His problem began when he was a child .
他的这个问题起始于孩提时代。
| | 2. | Jimmy's star of fortune had begun to shine brightly .
吉米红运高照。
| | 3. | This is only the beginning of the reckoning .
这不过是算帐的第一步。
| | 4. | Whistles began to shrill outside the barn .
哨声开始在谷仓外面尖叫。
| | 5. | Crack propagation usually begins slowly .
裂纹的增长常常是开始缓慢。
| | 6. | After the talk , he began to thaw .
谈话之后，他的态度开始缓和下来。
| | 7. | You have not the beginning of an aptitude .
你却连起码的聪明也没有。
| | 8. | She began to enlarge upon the subject .
他开始在这个题目上发挥起来。
| | 9. | She began to soften; she felt sorry .
她心里软下来了；她觉得很难过。
| | 10. | The paper was beginning to peel off the walls .
墙上的纸渐渐脱落了。
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