commenced

英 [kəˈmenst]

美 [kəˈmenst]

v.  开始发生; 开始; 着手
commence的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG 开始
  When somethingcommencesor youcommenceit, it begins.
  1. The academic year commences at the beginning of October...
     学年于10月初开始。
  2. They commenced a systematic search...
     他们开始进行彻底搜查。
  3. 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。

Commence,start, andbeginall have a similar meaning, althoughcommenceis 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 thatbegin,start, andcommencecan all be followed by an -ing form or a noun, but onlybeginandstartcan 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。

双语例句

• After the election the new government commenced developing the roads.
  选举后新政府开始建设道路。
• Outside the town the road commenced to mount.
  出了镇子这条路开始上坡。
• The Comprehensive Feasibility Study for the Revised Scheme of South-East Kowloon Development ( SEKD) commenced in November 1999.
  东南九龙发展修订计划整体可行性研究于一九九九年十一月展开。
• She commenced her life as an actress in the1930s.
  从30年代她就开始了舞台生涯。
• He commenced to write novels twenty years ago.
  他20年前就开始写小说了。
• The newspaper had commenced as a duplicated broadsheet.
  这家报纸最初为双面版。
• He commenced his literary career as a novel-writer.
  他作为一个小说作家开始了他的文学生涯。
• The second term commenced in march.
  第二学期自三月份开始。
• We have commenced the sale of local products abroad.
  本地土产开始销行国外。
• The rain commenced pouring violently down.
  瓢泼大雨猛烈地下了起来。