begin 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。 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)。
I'm glad you began at once, and hope you will keep on . 你们立刻开始行动了,我真高兴。希望你们能持之以恒。
Lini, ten yards in advance, began at once to knock on the door . 林妮跑在前面,约十码左右,立即上前去敲门。
A ray is a line beginning at a certain point and extending indefinitely . 射线是一根从某一点开始,无限止地延伸的线。
On may 31 the 1986 world cup of soccer will begin at noon in mexico city . 1986年世界杯足球赛将于5月31日中午在墨西哥城开幕。
He approached the young woman and, without saluting, began at once to converse with her . 他走近那年青女郎,马上就和她攀谈起来了,连招呼都不打。
Beginning at 3 a.m, they launched a series of attacks, but mcauliffe's defenders held . 从凌晨三点钟开始,他们发动了一系列的攻击,但是麦克奥利夫的守军屹立不动。
Beginning at the angle of the rhine near lauterbourg, we traversed the whole sector to the swiss frontier, 从劳特堡附近来因河的拐角那里起,我们遍历全部防区,直达瑞士的边境。
The density increases along a line beginning at the nucleus and proceeding in any direction until a maximum is reached, after which it rapidly drops off . 密度沿着由核开始的任一方向的直线增大,直到极大值,在极大值之后迅速降低。
That her possession began at the hospital 所以她认为魔鬼的附身是在医院发生的?