started
- v.开始，着手，动手(做或使用);启动;(使)发生，开始进行;发动;开动
- start的过去分词和过去式
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VERB 开始(做某事)
If you start to do something, you do something that you were not doing before and you continue doing it.John then unlocked the front door and I started to follow him up the stairs...
约翰接着打开前门，我开始跟他上楼。
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V-ERG (使)开始;(使)发生
When something starts, or if someone starts it, it takes place from a particular time.The fire is thought to have started in an upstairs room...
火灾被认为是从楼上的一个房间里开始燃起的。
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VERB (从…)开始;(从…)着手
If you start by doing something, or if you start with something, you do that thing first in a series of actions.I started by asking how many day-care centers were located in the United States...
我一开始先问了问美国有多少所日托中心。
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VERB 第一份工作是…
You use start to say what someone's first job was. For example, if their first job was that of a factory worker, you can say that they started as a factory worker.Betty started as a shipping clerk at the clothes factory...
贝蒂的第一份工作是在服装厂里当运务员。
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VERB 开办;创办
When someone starts something such as a new business, they create it or cause it to begin.George Granger has started a health centre and I know he's looking for qualified staff...
乔治·格兰杰开办了一个保健中心，我知道他正在物色合格的职员。
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V-ERG 开动，发动(发动机、汽车、机器等)
If you start an engine, car, or machine, or if it starts, it begins to work.He started the car, which hummed smoothly...
他发动了汽车，车发出平稳的嗡嗡声。
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start，begin和 commence 意思相近，但 commence 较正式，通常不会用在对话中，如：The meeting is ready to begin (会议就要开始了)，He tore the list up and started a fresh one (他把清单撕碎，开始另列一张)，The space probe commenced taking a series of photographs (空间探测器开始拍摄一系列照片)。要注意，begin，start 和 commence 后面都可以跟 -ing 形式或名词，但只有 begin 和 start 后面才能跟带 to 的不定式。
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VERB 惊起;吓一跳;激灵
If you start, your body suddenly moves slightly as a result of surprise or fear.She put the bottle on the table, banging it down hard. He started at the sound...
她砰的一声把瓶子放到了桌子上，把他吓了一跳。
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PHRASE 首先;第一
You use for a start or to start with to introduce the first of a number of things or reasons that you want to mention or could mention.You must get her name and address, and that can be a problem for a start...
你必须先打听到她的姓名和地址，而那可能就是第一个难题。
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PHRASE 开局顺利/开局不顺
If you get off to a good start, you are successful in the early stages of doing something. If you get off to a bad start, you are not successful in the early stages of doing something.The new Prime Minister has got off to a good start, but he still has to demonstrate what manner of leader he is going to be...
新首相上任后开了个好头，但他仍得展现出自己的执政风格。
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PHRASE (事情、过程等)开始时，一开始
To start with means at the very first stage of an event or process.To start with, the pressure on her was very heavy, but it's eased off a bit now...
一开始，她的压力很大，但现在已经好些了。
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in fits and starts→ see:fit
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We started work on the project in 2002 .
我们于2002年开始干这个项目。
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She started the last lap just behind the leading group .
她开始跑最后一圈时紧跟在领先的一组人后面。
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Come on ! It 's time we made a start .
快点！我们该出发了。
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Start a new file and put this letter in it .
建立一个新档案，把这封信放进去。
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I want to make an early start in the morning .
我想早上早点出发。
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Production of the new aircraft will start next year .
新飞机的生产将于明年开始。
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She wasn 't happy with our work and made us start over .
她对我们干的活儿不满意，要我们返工。
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It suits me to start work at a later time .
对我来说，最好晚一点再开始工作。
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She went to Australia to start a new life .
她去澳大利亚开始新的生活。
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It was not a propitious time to start a new business .
那不是营业开张的吉时佳日。
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When do you start your new job ?
你什么时候开始新工作？
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I couldn 't get the car to start this morning .
我今天早上没法让这汽车发动起来。
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It 's exactly a year since I started working here .
我来这里工作已经整整一年了。
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We 've had problems from the start .
我们从开始就遇到了困难。
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This could be the start of something big .
这或许是要有大事的苗头。
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She 's planning to return to work once the children start school .
她正计划孩子一入学就恢复上班。
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Isn 't it time you started to get organized ?
你该提高点效率了吧？
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He 's just started a new job .
他刚刚着手一项新工作。
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They worked hard to give their children a good start in life .
他们力争为孩子们奠定一个良好的基础。
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This is the opportunity he needs to make a fresh start .
这是他所需要的重振旗鼓的机会。
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We 'll need to start at 7.00 .
我们需要在7点钟出发。
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She started on at me again about getting some new clothes .
她又就买新衣服的事情数落起我来。
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We were right back where we started , only this time without any money .
我们回到了起点，只是这次一点钱也没有。
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Do you start the day with a good breakfast ?
你早晨起来会先好好吃一顿早饭吗？
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You need to get a written quotation before they start work .
你得在他们开工之前拿到报价单。
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She 's moving abroad to make a fresh start .
她要移居国外，开始新的生活。
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Let 's start by reviewing what we did last week .
我们开始先来复习一下上星期学的内容。
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You mean we have to start all over again ?
你是不是说我们必须从头再来一遍？
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All the materials are on site so that work can start immediately .
所有材料都已运抵工地，可以立即开工。
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We don 't need to start yet .
我们不必马上开始。