start
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you start to do something, you do something that you were not doing before and you continue doing it. 开始 (做某事)
John then unlocked the front door and I started to follow him up the stairs. 接着约翰打开前门,我开始随他上楼。
It was 1956 when Susanna started the work on the garden. 苏珊娜是在1956年开始修建那个花园的。
2. N-COUNT Start is also a noun. 开始
After several starts, she read the report properly. 几次起头之后,她正确地读了那份报告。
3. V-T/V-I When something starts, or if someone starts it, it takes place from a particular time. 使开始发生; 开始发生
The fire is thought to have started in an upstairs room. 这火被认为是从楼上的一间房开始的。
All of the passengers started the day with a swim. 所有乘客都以游泳开始了这一天。
4. N-SING Start is also a noun. 开始
...1918, four years after the start of the Great War. …第一次世界大战开始4年后的1918年。
5. V-I If you start by doing something, or if you start with something, you do that thing first in a series of actions. (以做某事) 开始
I started by asking how many day-care centres were located in the United States. 我以询问在美国有多少日托中心开始。
6. V-I 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. (以做…) 开始 (职业生涯)
Betty started as a shipping clerk at the clothes factory. 贝蒂以做这家服装厂的运务员开始职业生涯。
7. PHRASAL VERB Start off means the same as . 开始
Mr. Dambar had started off as an assistant to Mrs. Spear's husband. 丹巴先生以做斯皮尔夫人的先生的助手开始职业生涯。
8. V-T When someone starts something such as a new business, they create it or cause it to begin. 开办
George Granger has started a health centre and I know he's looking for qualified staff. 乔治·格兰杰开了个保健中心,我知道他正在物色合格的员工。
9. PHRASAL VERB Start up means the same as . 开办
The cost of starting up a day-care centre for children ranges from $150,000 to $300,000. 开办一家儿童日托中心的费用在15到30万美元之间不等。
10. →see also startup
11. V-T/V-I If you start an engine, car, or machine, or if it starts, it begins to work. 发动 (引擎、汽车、机器等); (引擎、汽车或机器等) 发动
He started the car, which hummed smoothly. 他发动了汽车,汽车平稳地发出嗡嗡声。
12. PHRASAL VERB Start up means the same as . 发动
He waited until they went inside the building before starting up the car and driving off. 他等他们走进那座楼之后才发动汽车开走了。
Put the key in the ignition and turn it to start the car up. 把钥匙插入点火装置,然后转动钥匙发动汽车。
13. V-I If you start, your body suddenly moves slightly as a result of surprise or fear. 惊动
She put the bottle on the coffee table beside him, banging it down hard. He started at the sound, his concentration broken. 她把那个瓶子砰地一声放在他身边的咖啡桌上,他被这声音吓了一跳,注意力被打断了。
14. N-COUNT Start is also a noun. 惊动
Sylvia woke with a start. 希尔维娅惊醒了。
15. →see also false start , head start
16. PHRASE 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. 首先; 第一
You must get her name and address, and that can be a problem for a start. 你得弄到她的姓名和住址,而这可能就是第一个难题。
17. PHRASE To start with means at the very first stage of an event or process. (事情、过程) 刚开始时
To start with, the pressure on her was very heavy, but it's eased off a bit now. 刚开始时她的压力非常大,但现在轻松些了。
18. to get off to a flying start→see flying
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start /stɑːt/ (starting,started,starts)
剑桥词典
- He started as an actor , making his debut as a director in 1990.
- As soon as the war started, any broadcasts with a military theme were taken off the air .
- People have started to gossip about us.
- The party had hardly started when she left .
- Halfway through the meeting my mind started to wander .
start verb (BEGIN)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to begin doing something
开始;着手
When do you start your course /your new job ? 你什么时候开始你的课程/新工作?
We'll be starting (the session ) at six o'clock. 我们将在6点钟开始(议程)。
Can you start (= begin a new job ) on Monday ? 星期一你能开始工作吗?
[ 动词后面接一个动词ing结构 ] They started build ing the house in January . 他们1月份动工盖这所房子。
[ 动词后面接一个带to的不定式 ] I'd just started to write a letter when the phone rang . 我刚开始写信,电话铃就响了。
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ] (also start up)
If a business or other organization starts, or if someone starts one, it is created and starts to operate .
(企业或其他机构)开业,开始运营;创办,开办
She started her own software company . 她创办了自己的软件公司。
A lot of new restaurants have started up in the region . 这个地区有很多家新餐馆开业。
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]
to begin to happen or to make something begin to happen
(使)发生;(使)开始
A new series about wildlife has started on Monday nights . 一档新的野生动物节目已开始在每周一晚上播出。
Police believe the fire was started by arsonists. 警方认为这起火灾是有人蓄意纵火。
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]
to begin a set of activities with the thing or person mentioned
(从…)开始
The speaker started with a description of her journey to China . 讲演者讲述了她的中国之行作为开场白。
Give me your answers one by one, starting with Lucy. 请一个接一个地回答我的问题,从露西开始。
You could start by weed ing the flowerbeds. 你开始时可以先给花坛除草。
He started his working life as an engineer but later became a teacher . 他刚开始工作时是工程师,但后来做了老师。
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 ] informal
to begin to complain or be annoying in some way
开始抱怨;开始惹人厌烦
Don't start with me - we're not going and that's that! 别烦人——我们不去,没的商量!
informal "It would help if Richard did some work ." "Oh, don't get me started on Richard!" “如果理查德做了些工作就好了。”“噢,别提理查德了,说起来我就生气!”
get started
to begin
开始
When can we get started? 我们什么时候能开始?
start a family
to have your first child
生育第一个孩子
start something
to begin an argument or a fight
挑起争论(或打斗)
You could tell the guy wanted to start something, so we just walked away. 看得出这个家伙想挑事,于是我们就走开了。
start work
to begin being employed
开始上班;参加工作
He started work at 16 in a bakery . 他16岁开始在当地的一家面包房干活。
to start with
at the beginning , or as the first of several things
最初,一开始;首先
We only knew two people in Montreal to start with, but we soon made friends . 起初我们在蒙特利尔只认识两个人,但很快就交到了朋友。
To start with, we need better computers - then we need more training . 首先,我们需要更好的电脑——其次,我们需要更多的培训。
例句
start verb (FIRST POINT)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 经常 后面必须接副词或介词的动词 ]to begin at one point and then move to another, in distance or range
出发;动身,启程;开始,(自…)起
The run starts at/from the entrance to the park . 跑步活动的出发地点是公园大门口。
We'll need to start (off/out) early because the journey takes six hours . 我们需要早点儿出发,因为路上需要6个小时。
Tell me what happened - start at the beginning . 告诉我发生了什么事——从头说起。
Ticket prices start at/from €80 and go up to €500. 票价80欧元起,最高500欧元。
start verb (MOVE SUDDENLY)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 ]to move your body suddenly because something has surprised or frightened you
突然一惊;吓一跳
He started at the sound of the phone . 电话铃声把他吓了一跳。
start verb (WORK)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ] (also start up)to (cause to) begin to work or operate
(使)开始工作;开动,启动
I'm having trouble starting the car . 我的车发动不起来。
The engine won't start. 发动机启动不了。
短语动词
start (sth) offstart sb off
start on sth
start on at sb
start out
start over
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