start是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to begin doing something -- 開始；著手

  • When do you start your course/your new job? 你甚麽時候開始你的課程／新工作？

  • We'll be starting (the session) at six o'clock. 我們將在六點鍾開始（議程）。

  • Can you start (= begin a new job) on Monday? 星期一你能開始工作嗎？

  • [ + -ing verb ] They started building the house in January. 他們一月份動工蓋這棟房子。

  • [ + to infinitive ] I'd just started to write a letter when the phone rang. 我剛開始寫信，電話就響了。

  • She started her own software company. 她創辦了自己的軟體公司。

  • A lot of new restaurants have started up in the region. 這個地區有很多家新餐館開業。

  • A new series about wildlife has started on Monday nights. 一檔新的野生動物節目已開始在每週一晚上播出。

  • Police believe the fire was started by arsonists. 警方認爲這次火災是有人蓄意縱火。

  • The speaker started with a description of her journey to China. 演講者講述了她的中國之行作爲開場白。

  • Give me your answers one by one, starting with Lucy. 請一個接一個地回答我的問題，從露西開始。

  • You could start by weeding the flowerbeds. 你開始時可以先替花圃除草。

  • He started his working life as an engineer but later became a teacher. 他剛開始工作時是工程師，但後來做了老師。

  • Don't start with me - we're not going and that's that! 別煩人——我們不去，沒的商量！

  • informal "It would help if Richard did some work." "Oh, don't get me started on Richard!" 「如果理查做了些什麼就好了。」「噢，別提理查了，說起來我就有氣。」

  • When can we get started? 我們甚麽時候能開始？

  • You could tell the guy wanted to start something, so we just walked away. 看得出這個傢伙想挑事，於是我們就走開了。

  • He started work at 16 in a bakery. 他16歲開始在當地的一家麵包房工作。

  • We only knew two people in Montreal to start with, but we soon made friends. 起初我們在蒙特婁只認識兩個人，但很快就交到朋友。

  • To start with, we need better computers - then we need more training. 首先，我們需要更好的電腦——其次，我們需要接受更多訓練。

• 1 to begin at one point and then move to another, in distance or range -- 出發；動身，啟程；開始，（自…）起

  • The run starts at/from the entrance to the park. 跑步活動的出發地點是公園大門口。

  • We'll need to start (off/out) early because the journey takes six hours. 我們需要早點出發，因為路程需要六個小時。

  • Tell me what happened - start at the beginning. 告訴我發生了甚麼事——從頭說起。

  • Ticket prices start at/from €80 and go up to €500. 票價80歐元起，最高500歐元。

• 2 to move your body suddenly because something has surprised or frightened you -- 突然一驚；嚇一跳

  • He started at the sound of the phone. 電話鈴聲把他嚇了一跳。

• 3 to (cause to) begin to work or operate -- （使）開始工作；開動，啟動

  • I'm having trouble starting the car. 我的車發動不起來。

  • The engine won't start. 引擎發動不了。

• 4 the beginning of something -- 開始，開端，開頭

  • We were doubtful about the product's usefulness from the start. 從一開始，我們就對這個產品的效用抱有疑問。

  • They announced the start of a new commercial venture. 他們宣佈創辦一個新的企業。

  • The weather was good at the start (= in the first part) of the week. 本週初天氣不錯。

  • The event got off to a shaky/poor start with the stage lights failing in the first few minutes. 活動開局不順／不利，舞臺燈光剛開始幾分鐘就出了問題。

  • We need to make a start on (preparing) the brochure next week. 我們下星期要開始準備小冊子。

  • The whole party was a disaster from start to finish. 整個過程自始至終糟糕透了。

  • We'll take names and phone numbers for a start, then later on we can get more details. 我們先記下名字和電話號碼，之後可以獲取更多細節。

  • This book is better than her last one. For a start, it's shorter. 這本書比她的上一部好。首先它短一些。

• 5 an advantage that you have over someone else when you begin something -- （給予他人的）讓先

  • We gave the youngest children a five-second start (= in a race). 比賽開始時我們給年齡最小的孩子五秒鐘讓先。

• 6 a sudden movement of the body that you make when something has surprised or frightened you -- 突然一驚；嚇一跳

  • He woke with a start. 他抖了一下，驚醒了。

  • She gave a start as I entered. 我進去時，她嚇了一跳。