commence
美音:
[kə´mens
]英音:
[kə´mens
]v.开始,着手
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名词:commencer 动词过去式:commenced 过去分词:commenced 现在分词:commencing 第三人称单数:commences
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commence
/kə'mens; kə`mɛns/
v [I, Tn, Tg] (fml 文) begin (sth); start 开始(某事物)
*Shall we commence (the ceremony)? 开始(举行仪式)好吗?
* After grace had been said, we commenced eating. 我们做过感恩祷告後就开始吃饭.
commence
v [I and T]formal
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: comencer, from Vulgar Latin cominitiare, from Latin com- ( COM-) + initiare 'to begin']
to begin or to start something
Work will commence on the new building immediately.
Your first evaluation will be six months after you commence employment.
commence with
The course commences with a one week introduction to Art Theory.
commence doing sth
The planes commenced bombing at midnight.