commence 音标拼音: [kəm'ɛns]
vt .
vi . 开始,倡导
开始,倡导
commence v 1 :
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action ; "
We began working at dawn "; "
Who will start ?"; "
Get working as soon as the sun rises !"; "
The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia "; "
He began early in the day "; "
Let '
s get down to work now " [
synonym : {
get down }, {
begin }, {
get },
{
start out }, {
start }, {
set about }, {
set out }, {
commence }]
[
ant : {
end }, {
terminate }]
2 :
set in motion ,
cause to start ; "
The U .
S .
started a war in the Middle East "; "
The Iraqis began hostilities "; "
begin a new chapter in your life " [
synonym : {
begin }, {
lead off }, {
start },
{
commence }] [
ant : {
end }, {
terminate }]
3 :
get off the ground ; "
Who started this company ?"; "
We embarked on an exciting enterprise "; "
I start my day with a good breakfast "; "
We began the new semester "; "
The afternoon session begins at 4 PM "; "
The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack " [
synonym : {
start }, {
start up }, {
embark on }, {
commence }]
Commence \
Com *
mence "\,
v .
t .
To enter upon ;
to begin ;
to perform the first act of .
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Many a wooer doth commence his suit . --
Shak .
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Note :
It is the practice of good writers to use the verbal noun (
instead of the infinitive with to )
after commence ;
as ,
he commenced studying ,
not he commenced to study .
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Commence \
Com *
mence "\ (
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m *
m [
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ns "),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p .
{
Commenced } (
k [
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p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Commencing }.] [
F .
commencer ,
OF .
comencier ,
fr .
L .
com -
initiare to begin .
See {
Initiate }.]
1 .
To have a beginning or origin ;
to originate ;
to start ;
to begin .
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Here the anthem doth commence . --
Shak .
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His heaven commences ere the world be past .
--
Goldsmith .
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2 .
To begin to be ,
or to act as . [
Archaic ]
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We commence judges ourselves . --
Coleridge .
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3 .
To take a degree at a university . [
Eng .]
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I question whether the formality of commencing was used in that age . --
Fuller .
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39 Moby Thesaurus words for "
commence ":
arise ,
begin ,
blast away ,
blast off ,
come into being ,
dive in ,
embark ,
embark on ,
embark upon ,
enter ,
enter upon ,
establish ,
fall to ,
get to ,
go ahead ,
head into ,
inaugurate ,
initiate ,
jump off ,
kick off ,
launch ,
lead off ,
open ,
originate ,
pitch in ,
plunge into ,
send off ,
set about ,
set in ,
set out ,
set sail ,
set to ,
start ,
start in ,
start off ,
start out ,
take off ,
take up ,
turn to
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