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Start Started Verb Good 例:The Phrase I 例:It

单词 start
音标
英[stɑ:t] 美[stɑrt]
解释
n.开始;动身;开动;起点;vt.& vi.出发,启程;vt.起动;提出(问题);开办;使开始;vi.起始;突然出现;突然跳起;突然涌出;
例句

VERB
开始(做某事)
If you start to do something, you do something that you were not doing before and you continue doing it.
例:John then unlocked the front door and I started to follow him up the stairs...约翰接着打开前门,我开始跟他上楼。
例:It was 1956 when Susanna started the work on the garden...苏珊娜是从 1956 年开始修建这个花园的。

V-ERG
(使)开始;(使)发生
When something starts, or if someone starts it, it takes place from a particular time.
例:The fire is thought to have started in an upstairs room...火灾被认为是从楼上的一个房间里开始燃起的。
例:The Great War started in August of that year...第一次世界大战于那年 8 月爆发。

VERB
(从…)开始;(从…)着手
If you start by doing something, or if you start with something, you do that thing first in a series of actions.
例:I started by asking how many day-care centers were located in the United States...我一开始先问了问美国有多少所日托中心。
例:He started with a good holiday in Key West, Florida.他先去佛罗里达的基韦斯特岛度了个愉快的假期。

VERB
第一份工作是…
You use start to say what someone's first job was. For example, if their first job was that of a factory worker, you can say that they started as a factory worker.
例:Betty started as a shipping clerk at the clothes factory...贝蒂的第一份工作是在服装厂里当运务员。
例:Grace Robertson started as a photographer with Picture Post in 1947.格雷斯·罗伯逊于 1947 年参加工作,做了《图片邮报》杂志的一名摄影师。

VERB
开办;创办
When someone starts something such as a new business, they create it or cause it to begin.
例:George Granger has started a health centre and I know he's looking for qualified staff...乔治·格兰杰开办了一个保健中心,我知道他正在物色合格的职员。
例:Now is probably as good a time as any to start a business.目前可能正是创业的最佳时机。

V-ERG
开动,发动(发动机、汽车、机器等)
If you start an engine, car, or machine, or if it starts, it begins to work.
例:He started the car, which hummed smoothly...他发动了汽车,车发出平稳的嗡嗡声。
例:We were just passing one of the parking bays when a car's engine started.我们从一个停车区经过时,一辆车发动了引擎。

VERB
惊起;吓一跳;激灵
If you start, your body suddenly moves slightly as a result of surprise or fear.
例:She put the bottle on the table, banging it down hard. He started at the sound...她砰的一声把瓶子放到了桌子上,把他吓了一跳。
例:Rachel started forward on the sofa. — 'You mean you've arrested Pete?'雷切尔从沙发上猛地往前一欠身子。——“你的意思是你已经抓到了皮特?”

PHRASE
首先;第一
You use for a start or to start with to introduce the first of a number of things or reasons that you want to mention or could mention.
例:You must get her name and address, and that can be a problem for a start...你必须先打听到她的姓名和地址,而那可能就是第一个难题。
例:It comes as a surprise to be reminded that he is 70. For a start, he doesn't look it...有人提醒我他 70 岁了,这很令人惊讶。首先,他看上去不像。

PHRASE
开局顺利/开局不顺
If you get off to a good start, you are successful in the early stages of doing something. If you get off to a bad start, you are not successful in the early stages of doing something.
例:The new Prime Minister has got off to a good start, but he still has to demonstrate what manner of leader he is going to be...新首相上任后开了个好头,但他仍得展现出自己的执政风格。
例:England got off to a bad start in the Five Nations' Championship, losing 35-10 to France.英格兰队在五国锦标赛中开局不利,以 10 比 35 输给了法国队。

PHRASE
(事情、过程等)开始时,一开始
To start with means at the very first stage of an event or process.
例:To start with, the pressure on her was very heavy, but it's eased off a bit now...一开始,她的压力很大,但现在已经好些了。
例:Success was assured and, at least to start with, the system operated smoothly.成功有保证了,至少该系统一开始运行得挺顺利。
变形
third:starts~done:started~ing:starting~past:started~

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