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start

英 [stɑːt] 美[stɑrt]

英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

vt. 开始；启动
vi. 出发
n. 开始；起点

实用场景例句

I start work at nine.: 我每天九点开始工作。

He's just started a new job.: 他刚刚着手一项新工作。

I only started (= began to read) this book yesterday.: 我昨天才开始看这本书。

We need to start (= begin using) a new jar of coffee.: 我们得新开一罐咖啡了。

The kids start school next week.: 孩子们下星期开学。

It started to rain.: 下起雨来了。

Mistakes were starting to creep in.: 不知不觉间，开始出错了。

She started laughing.: 她笑了起来。

It's a long story. Where shall I start?: 说来话长。我从哪儿说起呢？

It's time you started on your homework.: 你该做功课了。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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 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。

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, 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。

同义词辨析

begin, start, commence, initiate, inaugurate

这些动词均含有"开始"之意。

begin：最常用词，含义广泛，其反义词是end，多用于行动、工作等的开始。

start：在许多场合可与begin通用，但start侧重动作的起点。

commence：可与begin换用，但commence系书面正式用词，语气庄重，特指有正式程序或一定仪式，或某种正式行动的"开始"。

initiate：指创始或发起，侧重某过程的第一步，不考虑结束，强调起始。

inaugurate：指正式而隆重的开始。

depart, leave, go, start, quit, set out

这些动词均含"离开某处"之意。

depart：较正式用词，指经过周密考虑或郑重地离开，强调离开的起点。

leave：侧重出发地而不是目的地。

go：一般用词，指从所在地到其它地方去，着重目的地而非出发地。

start：可与leave换用，强调目的地，但不及leave普通。

quit：侧重指离开令人烦恼的地方，或摆脱使人不快的人或事。

set out：书面用词。