start是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to begin doing something -- 开始；着手

  • When do you start your course/your new job? 你什么时候开始你的课程／新工作？

  • We'll be starting (the session) at six o'clock. 我们将在6点钟开始（议程）。

  • Can you start (= begin a new job) on Monday? 星期一你能开始工作吗？

  • [ + -ing verb ] They started building the house in January. 他们1月份动工盖这所房子。

  • [ + to infinitive ] I'd just started to write a letter when the phone rang. 我刚开始写信，电话铃就响了。

  • She started her own software company. 她创办了自己的软件公司。

  • A lot of new restaurants have started up in the region. 这个地区有很多家新餐馆开业。

  • A new series about wildlife has started on Monday nights. 一档新的野生动物节目已开始在每周一晚上播出。

  • Police believe the fire was started by arsonists. 警方认为这起火灾是有人蓄意纵火。

  • The speaker started with a description of her journey to China. 讲演者讲述了她的中国之行作为开场白。

  • Give me your answers one by one, starting with Lucy. 请一个接一个地回答我的问题，从露西开始。

  • You could start by weeding the flowerbeds. 你开始时可以先给花坛除草。

  • He started his working life as an engineer but later became a teacher. 他刚开始工作时是工程师，但后来做了老师。

  • Don't start with me - we're not going and that's that! 别烦人——我们不去，没的商量！

  • informal "It would help if Richard did some work." "Oh, don't get me started on Richard!" “如果理查德做了些工作就好了。”“噢，别提理查德了，说起来我就生气！”

  • When can we get started? 我们什么时候能开始？

  • You could tell the guy wanted to start something, so we just walked away. 看得出这个家伙想挑事，于是我们就走开了。

  • He started work at 16 in a bakery. 他16岁开始在当地的一家面包房干活。

  • We only knew two people in Montreal to start with, but we soon made friends. 起初我们在蒙特利尔只认识两个人，但很快就交到了朋友。

  • To start with, we need better computers - then we need more training. 首先，我们需要更好的电脑——其次，我们需要更多的培训。

• 1 to begin at one point and then move to another, in distance or range -- 出发；动身，启程；开始，（自…）起

  • The run starts at/from the entrance to the park. 跑步活动的出发地点是公园大门口。

  • We'll need to start (off/out) early because the journey takes six hours. 我们需要早点儿出发，因为路上需要6个小时。

  • Tell me what happened - start at the beginning. 告诉我发生了什么事——从头说起。

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

• 2 to move your body suddenly because something has surprised or frightened you -- 突然一惊；吓一跳

  • He started at the sound of the phone. 电话铃声把他吓了一跳。

• 3 to (cause to) begin to work or operate -- （使）开始工作；开动，启动

  • I'm having trouble starting the car. 我的车发动不起来。

  • The engine won't start. 发动机启动不了。

• 4 the beginning of something -- 开始，开端，开头

  • We were doubtful about the product's usefulness from the start. 从一开始我们就对这个产品的效用抱有疑问。

  • They announced the start of a new commercial venture. 他们宣布创办一个新的企业。

  • The weather was good at the start (= in the first part) of the week. 本周初天气不错。

  • The event got off to a shaky/poor start with the stage lights failing in the first few minutes. 活动开局不顺／不利，舞台灯光头几分钟就出了问题。

  • We need to make a start on (preparing) the brochure next week. 我们下星期需要开始准备小册子了。

  • The whole party was a disaster from start to finish. 整个过程自始至终糟糕透了。

  • We'll take names and phone numbers for a start, then later on we can get more details. 我们先记下名字和电话号码，之后可以获取更多的细节。

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

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

  • We gave the youngest children a five-second start (= in a race). 比赛开始时我们给年龄最小的孩子五秒钟让先。

• 6 a sudden movement of the body that you make when something has surprised or frightened you -- 突然一惊；吓一跳

  • He woke with a start. 他抖了一下，惊醒了。

  • She gave a start as I entered. 我进去时她吓了一跳。