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commence v.开始；着手；<英>获得学位 (1) 我从此点开始。(2) 第二学期自三月开始。(3) 我开始着手一系列访问。 If a congressman wants to start a meeting to vote on an important bill, he might say, "This meeting will begin immediately." Or, he could make the same statement in a more formal way by saying, "This meeting will commence immediately. Interestingly enough, while the word commence means to start, a commencement ceremony marks the end of a college career.

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英 [kə'mens] 美 [kə'mens] (1) I commence from this point.(2) The second term commences in March.(3) I commence a round of visit. Commence is a fancy way of saying begin at the start of a formal event such as a meeting or war. 1[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]开始 When something commences or you commence it, it begins.   [V]  [V n/-ing]  [V to-inf]  [FORMAL 正式]The academic year commences at the beginning of October...学年于10月初开始。They commenced a systematic search...他们开始进行彻底搜查。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。Usage Note :Commence, start, and begin all have a similar meaning, although commence is 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 that begin, start, and commence can all be followed by an -ing form or a noun, but only begin and start can 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。

英语单词	commence
英美音标	英 [kə'mens] 美 [kə'mens]
中文释义	v.开始；着手；<英>获得学位
英语例句	(1) I commence from this point. (2) The second term commences in March. (3) I commence a round of visit.
中文例句	(1) 我从此点开始。 (2) 第二学期自三月开始。 (3) 我开始着手一系列访问。
vocabulary简明	Commence is a fancy way of saying begin at the start of a formal event such as a meeting or war.
vocabulary扩展	If a congressman wants to start a meeting to vote on an important bill, he might say, "This meeting will begin immediately." Or, he could make the same statement in a more formal way by saying, "This meeting will commence immediately. Interestingly enough, while the word commence means to start, a commencement ceremony marks the end of a college career.
柯林斯解释	1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]开始 When something commences or you commence it, it begins. [V] [V n/-ing] [V to-inf] [FORMAL 正式] The academic year commences at the beginning of October... 学年于10月初开始。 They commenced a systematic search... 他们开始进行彻底搜查。 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。 Usage Note : Commence, start, and begin all have a similar meaning, although commence is 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 that begin, start, and commence can all be followed by an -ing form or a noun, but only begin and start can 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。

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