begin
翻译
开始, 着手
例句
The class will begin at nine.
课程将于九点开始。
Let's begin the meeting now.
我们现在开始会议吧。
She began to cry.
她开始哭了。
He began working here last year.
他去年开始在这里工作。
语法模式
((sth.)) 开始 The class will begin at nine.
((sth.)) 开始(某事) Let's begin the meeting now.
((to-inf)) 开始(做某事) She began to cry.
((-ing)) 开始(做某事) He began working here last year.
近义词
同义词: start, commence; 反义词: end, finish, conclude
词源
源自古英语 'beginnan',由前缀 'be-' 和 'ginnan'(打开)组成。
记忆技巧
把 'be-' 想象成“是”,'gin' 想象成 'in'(进入),即“进入开始的状态”。