begin
翻譯
開始, 著手
例句
The class will begin at nine.
課程將於九點開始。
Let's begin the meeting now.
我們現在開始會議吧。
She began to cry.
她開始哭了。
He began working here last year.
他去年開始在這裡工作。
文法模式
((sth.)) 開始 The class will begin at nine.
((sth.)) 開始(某事) Let's begin the meeting now.
((to-inf)) 開始(做某事) She began to cry.
((-ing)) 開始(做某事) He began working here last year.
近義詞
同義詞: start, commence; 反義詞: end, finish, conclude
詞源
源自古英語 'beginnan',由前綴 'be-' 和 'ginnan'(打開)組成。
記憶技巧
把 'be-' 想像成「是」,'gin' 想像成 'in'(進入),即「進入開始的狀態」。