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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. [ 1913 Webster] Many a wooer doth commence his suit. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster]
Commence \ Com* mence"\ ( k[ o^] m* m[ e^] ns"), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Commenced} ( k[ o^] m* m[ e^] nst"); 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. [ 1913 Webster] Here the anthem doth commence. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] His heaven commences ere the world be past. -- Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To begin to be, or to act as. [ Archaic] [ 1913 Webster] We commence judges ourselves. -- Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To take a degree at a university. [ Eng.] [ 1913 Webster] I question whether the formality of commencing was used in that age. -- Fuller. [ 1913 Webster] 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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