柯林斯詞典commence /k??m?ns/ (commencing,commenced,commences) 1. V-T/V-I When something commences or you commence it, it begins. 使…開始; 開始[正式] The academic year commences at the beginning of October. 該學年於10月初開始。 They commenced a systematic search. 他們開始了系統(tǒng)的搜查。 返回 commence劍橋詞典to begin something 開始；著手 We will commence building work in August of next year . 我們將於明年8月開始破土動工。 Shall we let the meeting commence? 我們開始開會，好嗎？ [ 動詞後麪接一個動詞ing結搆 ] Unfortunately, he commenced speak ing before all the guests had finished eating . 遺憾的是，沒等所有客人都喫完，他就開始講話了。 返回 commence