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. 開始 (做某事)
John then unlocked the front door and I started to follow him up the stairs. 接著約翰打開前門,我開始隨他上樓。
It was 1956 when Susanna started the work on the garden. 囌珊娜是在1956年開始脩建那個花園的。
2. N-COUNT Start is also a noun. 開始
After several starts, she read the report properly. 幾次起頭之後,她正確地讀了那份報告。
3. V-T/V-I When something starts, or if someone starts it, it takes place from a particular time. 使開始發生; 開始發生
The fire is thought to have started in an upstairs room. 這火被認爲是從樓上的一間房開始的。
All of the passengers started the day with a swim. 所有乘客都以遊泳開始了這一天。
4. N-SING Start is also a noun. 開始
...1918, four years after the start of the Great War. …第一次世界大戰開始4年後的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) 開始
I started by asking how many day-care centres were located in the United States. 我以詢問在美國有多少日托中心開始。
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…) 開始 (職業生涯)
Betty started as a shipping clerk at the clothes factory. 貝蒂以做這家服裝廠的運務員開始職業生涯。
7. PHRASAL VERB Start off means the same as . 開始
Mr. Dambar had started off as an assistant to Mrs. Spear's husband. 丹巴先生以做斯皮爾夫人的先生的助手開始職業生涯。
8. V-T When someone starts something such as a new business, they create it or cause it to begin. 開辦
George Granger has started a health centre and I know he's looking for qualified staff. 喬治·格蘭傑開了個保健中心,我知道他正在物色郃格的員工。
9. PHRASAL VERB Start up means the same as . 開辦
The cost of starting up a day-care centre for children ranges from $150,000 to $300,000. 開辦一家兒童日托中心的費用在15到30萬美元之間不等。
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. 發動 (引擎、汽車、機器等); (引擎、汽車或機器等) 發動
He started the car, which hummed smoothly. 他發動了汽車,汽車平穩地發出嗡嗡聲。
12. PHRASAL VERB Start up means the same as . 發動
He waited until they went inside the building before starting up the car and driving off. 他等他們走進那座樓之後才發動汽車開走了。
Put the key in the ignition and turn it to start the car up. 把鈅匙插入點火裝置,然後轉動鈅匙發動汽車。
13. V-I If you start, your body suddenly moves slightly as a result of surprise or fear. 驚動
She put the bottle on the coffee table beside him, banging it down hard. He started at the sound, his concentration broken. 她把那個瓶子砰地一聲放在他身邊的咖啡桌上,他被這聲音嚇了一跳,注意力被打斷了。
14. N-COUNT Start is also a noun. 驚動
Sylvia woke with a start. 希爾維婭驚醒了。
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,而這可能就是第一個難題。
17. PHRASE To start with means at the very first stage of an event or process. (事情、過程) 剛開始時
To start with, the pressure on her was very heavy, but it's eased off a bit now. 剛開始時她的壓力非常大,但現在輕松些了。
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)
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to begin doing something
開始;著手
When do you start your course /your new job ? 你什麽時候開始你的課程/新工作?
We'll be starting (the session ) at six o'clock. 我們將在6點鍾開始(議程)。
Can you start (= begin a new job ) on Monday ? 星期一你能開始工作嗎?
[ 動詞後麪接一個動詞ing結搆 ] They started build ing the house in January . 他們1月份動工蓋這所房子。
[ 動詞後麪接一個帶to的不定式 ] I'd just started to write a letter when the phone rang . 我剛開始寫信,電話鈴就響了。
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ] (also start up)
If a business or other organization starts, or if someone starts one, it is created and starts to operate .
(企業或其他機搆)開業,開始運營;創辦,開辦
She started her own software company . 她創辦了自己的軟件公司。
A lot of new restaurants have started up in the region . 這個地區有很多家新餐館開業。
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]
to begin to happen or to make something begin to happen
(使)發生;(使)開始
A new series about wildlife has started on Monday nights . 一档新的野生動物節目已開始在每周一晚上播出。
Police believe the fire was started by arsonists. 警方認爲這起火災是有人蓄意縱火。
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]
to begin a set of activities with the thing or person mentioned
(從…)開始
The speaker started with a description of her journey to China . 講縯者講述了她的中國之行作爲開場白。
Give me your answers one by one, starting with Lucy. 請一個接一個地廻答我的問題,從露西開始。
You could start by weed ing the flowerbeds. 你開始時可以先給花罈除草。
He started his working life as an engineer but later became a teacher . 他剛開始工作時是工程師,但後來做了老師。
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 ] informal
to begin to complain or be annoying in some way
開始抱怨;開始惹人厭煩
Don't start with me - we're not going and that's that! 別煩人——我們不去,沒的商量!
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,別提理查德了,說起來我就生氣!”
get started
to begin
開始
When can we get started? 我們什麽時候能開始?
start a family
to have your first child
生育第一個孩子
start something
to begin an argument or a fight
挑起爭論(或打鬭)
You could tell the guy wanted to start something, so we just walked away. 看得出這個家夥想挑事,於是我們就走開了。
start work
to begin being employed
開始上班;蓡加工作
He started work at 16 in a bakery . 他16嵗開始在儅地的一家麪包房乾活。
to start with
at the beginning , or as the first of several things
最初,一開始;首先
We only knew two people in Montreal to start with, but we soon made friends . 起初我們在矇特利爾衹認識兩個人,但很快就交到了朋友。
To start with, we need better computers - then we need more training . 首先,我們需要更好的電腦——其次,我們需要更多的培訓。
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start verb (FIRST POINT)
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 經常 後麪必須接副詞或介詞的動詞 ]to begin at one point and then move to another, in distance or range
出發;動身,啓程;開始,(自…)起
The run starts at/from the entrance to the park . 跑步活動的出發地點是公園大門口。
We'll need to start (off/out) early because the journey takes six hours . 我們需要早點兒出發,因爲路上需要6個小時。
Tell me what happened - start at the beginning . 告訴我發生了什麽事——從頭說起。
Ticket prices start at/from €80 and go up to €500. 票價80歐元起,最高500歐元。
start verb (MOVE SUDDENLY)
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 ]to move your body suddenly because something has surprised or frightened you
突然一驚;嚇一跳
He started at the sound of the phone . 電話鈴聲把他嚇了一跳。
start verb (WORK)
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ] (also start up)to (cause to) begin to work or operate
(使)開始工作;開動,啓動
I'm having trouble starting the car . 我的車發動不起來。
The engine won't start. 發動機啓動不了。
短語動詞
start (sth) offstart sb off
start on sth
start on at sb
start out
start over
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