commenced

英 [kəˈmenst]

美 [kəˈmenst]

v.  开始发生; 开始; 着手
commence的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG 开始
  When somethingcommencesor youcommenceit, it begins.
  1. The academic year commences at the beginning of October...
     学年于10月初开始。
  2. They commenced a systematic search...
     他们开始进行彻底搜查。
  3. The hunter knelt beside the animal carcass and commenced to skin it.
     猎人跪在动物尸体旁边，开始剥皮。

Commence,start, andbeginall have a similar meaning, althoughcommenceis more formal and is not normally used in conversation.The meeting is ready to begin... He tore the list up and started a fresh one. ...an alternative to commencing the process of European integration.Note thatbegin,start, andcommencecan all be followed by an -ing form or a noun, but onlybeginandstartcan be followed by a 'to' infinitive.
commence, start 和 begin 三个词意思相近，不过 commence 一词更为正式，通常不用于对话中。例如，The meeting is ready to begin (会议可以开始了)，He tore the list up and started a fresh one (他把清单撕碎，然后另列一张)，an alternative to commencing the process of European integration (启动欧洲一体化进程的另一种方式)。注意 begin, start 和 commence 都能后接动词的 -ing 形式或名词，但只有 begin 和 start 才能后接不定式。

双语例句

• The young girl took the cheese and commenced to eat.
  那个年轻女孩拿了干酪开始吃起来。
• The newspaper had commenced as a duplicated broadsheet.
  这家报纸最初为双面版。
• The Labor Party commenced its new strategy for industry.
  工党提出了其发展工业的新策略。
• She commenced her life as an actress in the1930s.
  从30年代她就开始了舞台生涯。
• The hunter knelt beside the animal carcass and commenced to skin it.
  猎人跪在动物尸体旁边，开始剥皮。
• This scheme commenced on February 1, 1996. All applications are considered on a case-by-case basis.
  补充劳工计划在一九九六年二月一日开始实施，每宗申请会按个别情况考虑。
• He commenced his business yesterday.
  昨天，他开张营业了。
• He has commenced on a new book.
  他已开始读一本新书。
• He commenced on a technical innovation two years ago but has made no progress so far.
  两年前他着手进行一项技术革新，但迄今尚无任何进展。
• The second term commenced in march.
  第二学期自三月份开始。