commences

英 [kəˈmensɪz]

美 [kəˈmensɪz]

v.  开始发生; 开始; 着手
commence的第三人称单数

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

• This text commences from setting up the education network, and inquirys the problems that nonage ′ s thought morals developments should be noticed.
  从构建教育网络入手，探讨了实施未成年人思想道德建设应注意的问题。
• The academic year commences at the beginning of October
  学年于10月初开始。
• If I put in an application before the new Act commences and at the time I met the existing two ( 2) year requirement, will I have to meet the four ( 4) year requirement?
  如果我在新法案生效前递交入籍申请，而且申请时我已经满足现行的两年居住要求，我需要满足新的四年居住要求吗？
• These substances are slowly depleted as the embryo commences to grow.
  随着胚开始生长，这些物质也慢慢用尽了。
• Development commences using a Jeep chassis with a Rover car engine.
  一开始是使用Jeep的底盘和Rover的发动机。
• When editorial review commences, that's where you come in.
  编辑复审开始时，那有你要做的工作。
• It commences at the start of the first term, that is, towards the end of February.
  它开始，也就是接近2月底在第一个任期的开始。
• A new cycle commences on April4th synchronizing with the new moon.
  新的周期从4月4号开始，和新月同时。
• The changes will affect all applications for Australian citizenship made on and after the date the new legislation commences.
  新法中的政策变化将影响到所有新法起始日及其以后递交的澳洲公民权申请。
• The necessary modifications can then be made before actual product development commences.
  在实际开发产品之前，可以做必要的修改。