【begin】 - SAT备考词汇

begin

UK:  [bɪ'ɡɪn]

US:  [bɪ'ɡɪn]

第三人称单数：begins  现在分词：beginning  过去式：began  过去分词：begun  

v.

1.开始,创始;动手,着手

2.开始,下手;开场,开场白;起;发自

3.展开;大作

4.发动;挑起

5.开创

6.逐渐,渐渐

7.来临

8.动工,动工兴建

9.突然,立刻;不由得

10.创建

n.

1.ALGOL中的一个过程定义符

1 . Don't apologize for what you are about to say. Begin with a bang and get straight to the point.
不要为你所说的感到抱歉，以精彩开头，并且直奔主题。

2 . The finished plans of the future Chinese Class America are now available and the boat will begin construction at the beginning of July.
中国美洲杯级帆船的设计图已经最终定稿，船身将与7月开始建造。

3 . I always like to begin a journey on Sunday because I shall have the prayers of the church to preserve all that travel by land or by water.
我老喜欢在礼拜天起程旅行，因为无论走水路也好，走陆路也好，教堂里的祈祷将会保佑我的整个旅程。

4 . Today we begin in earnest of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little better than the one we inhabit today.
今天，我们做出诚挚的努力，希望我们留给孩子们的世界，比我们今天继承下来的再好一点点。

5 . The main scientific party will fly out in about a year's time, unpack the equipment, and begin drilling into the unknown.
主要的科考人员将在一年后飞抵，取出设备后向未知地区钻探。