1.[t][i]开始，着手，动手（做或使用）to begin doing or using sth
I start work at nine.我每天九点开始工作。
He's just started a new job.他刚刚着手一项新工作。
I only started(= began to read) this book yesterday.我昨天才开始看这本书。
We need to start(= begin using) a new jar of coffee.我们得新开一罐咖啡了。
The kids start school next week.孩子们下星期开学。
It started to rain.下起雨来了。
Mistakes were starting to creep in.不知不觉间，开始出错了。
She started laughing.她笑了起来。
It's a long story. Where shall I start?说来话长。我该从哪儿说起呢？
It's time you started on your homework.你该做功课了。
Can you start(= a new job) on Monday?你可以星期一就来上班吗？
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。
The best professional musicians start young .卓有成就的音乐家很早就接触音乐。
2.[i][t]（使）发生，开始进行to start happening; to make sth start happening
When does the class start?什么时候上课？
Have you any idea where the rumour started?你知不知道谣言是从哪儿传出来的？
Who started the fire?谁放的火？
Do you start the day with a good breakfast?你早晨起来会先好好吃一顿早饭吗？
You're always trying to start an argument.你总是想挑起争论。
The news started me thinking.那条消息让我思考起来。
3.[t][i]~ (sth)开动；发动；启动when youstart a machine or a vehicle or itstarts , it begins to operate
Start the engines!发动引擎！
I can't get the car started.这辆车我发动不起来。
The car won't start.这辆车发动不起来。
4.[i][t]（使）出现；发起；创办；开办to begin to exist; to make sth begin to exist
There are a lot of small businesses starting up in that area.小型企业在那一地区大量涌现。
They decided to start a catering business.他们决定开办一家酒席承办公司。
5.[i]~ (out)出发；动身；起程to begin a journey; to leave
What time are we starting tomorrow?我们明天什么时候出发？
6.[i]+ adv./prep.起身走向；向…而去to begin to move in a particular direction
I started after her(= began to follow her) to tell her the news.我起身朝她追去，好把消息告诉她。
He started for the door, but I blocked his way.他向门口走去，但我挡住了他的去路。
7.[i][t]以…起步（或起家）；起初是to begin, or to begin sth such as a career, in a particular way that changed later
She started as a secretary but ended up running the department.她起初只是一个秘书，但最后掌管起了整个部门。
The company started out with 30 employees.公司创业之初只有 30 名员工。
He started life as a teacher before turning to journalism.他开始当过教师，后来改行搞起了新闻。
8.[i]+ adv./prep.（从…）开始；（由…）起to begin from a particular place, amount or situation
The trail starts just outside the town.小径从刚出城的地方开始。
Hotel prices start at €50 a night for a double room.旅馆的双人房间一宿 50 欧元起价。
The evening started badly when the speaker failed to turn up.那天晚上的活动一开始挺糟糕，因为演讲者没有来。
9.[i]突然一惊to move suddenly and quickly because you are surprised or afraid
The sudden noise made her start.突如其来的声音吓了她一跳。
Don't start! I told you I'd be late.别抱怨啦！我跟你说过我要迟到的。
Don't start! I told you I'd be late.别抱怨啦！我跟你说过我要迟到的。
It's nearly ten o'clock. Let's get started.快十点了，咱们开始吧。
It's nearly ten o'clock. Let's get started.快十点了，咱们开始吧。
‘Stop fighting, you two!’ ‘He started it!’“你们俩，别打了！”“是他先动手的！”
‘Stop fighting, you two!’ ‘He started it!’“你们俩，别打了！”“是他先动手的！”
To start with it's much too expensive…首先是太贵…
The club had only six members to start with.这家俱乐部起初仅有六名会员。
I'll have melon to start with.我要先吃甜瓜。
She wasn't keen on the idea to start with.她一开始并不喜欢这个主意。
To start with it's much too expensive…首先是太贵…
The club had only six members to start with.这家俱乐部起初仅有六名会员。
I'll have melon to start with.我要先吃甜瓜。
She wasn't keen on the idea to start with.她一开始并不喜欢这个主意。
1.[c][ususing]开头；开端the point at which sth begins
a perfect start to the day那一天的美好开端
Things didn't look too hopeful at the start of the year.在年初，情况显得并不十分乐观。
The meeting got off to a good/bad start(= started well/badly) .会议有一个良好的╱糟糕的开端。
The trip was a disaster from start to finish .那次旅行从头到尾糟糕透顶。
We've had problems (right) from the start .我们从（一）开始就遇到了困难。
This could be the start of something big.这或许是要有大事的苗头。
2.[sing]开始the act or process of beginning sth
I'll paint the ceiling if you make a start on the walls.你要是动手刷墙，我就刷天花板吧。
I want to make an early start in the morning.我想早上早点儿出发。
She's moving abroad to make a fresh start(= to begin a new life) .她要移居国外，开始新的生活。
3.[c][ususing]起始优势；良好的基础条件the opportunity that you are given to begin sth in a successful way
They worked hard to give their children a good start in life .他们力争为孩子们的人生奠定一个良好的基础。
The job gave him his start in journalism.那份工作是他加入新闻界的开始。
4.[sing]起点the place where a race begins
The runners lined up at the start.赛跑运动员在起跑线上一字排开。
5.[c][ususing]起点优势（时间或距离）an amount of time or distance that sb has as an advantage over other people at the beginning of a race
She went into the second round with a five-minute start on the rest of the cyclists.她进入了第二轮时，比其他自行车选手领先五分钟。
I gave the younger children a start.我让年幼的孩子提前起跑。
6.[c][usupl]（参加的）比赛a race or competition that sb has taken part in
She has been beaten only once in six starts.她参加了六次比赛，只败过一次。
7.[c][ususing]突然一惊an act of moving your body quickly and suddenly because you are surprised, afraid, etc.
She woke from the dream with a start .她猛地一惊，从梦中醒来。
You gave me quite a start!你吓了我一大跳！
I'm not working there─for a start, it's too far to travel.我不去那边干活儿。首先，路太远，去不了。
I'm not working there─for a start, it's too far to travel.我不去那边干活儿。首先，路太远，去不了。
My advances must be halted. You start with that, my ready salted. . . -But, we need the crisps out! Is that too much to ask?
我们必须停下来，你从薯片开始，我的咸薯片…但是，我要我的薯片出来，这是很过份的要求么？
To do not consciously think of an important decision on behalf of you feel that they have a need to start to the next stage.
不自觉地想起要做的一个重要决定，代表你感觉到自己有需要起动到下一个阶段。
Mr. Murdoch said the Daily will eventually roll out on all tablets but that Apple has a head start in the category.
默多克说，TheDaily最终将会推广至所有的平板产品，但苹果在这一领域是领军者。
Start the walk early in the morning and have warm clothes and sunscreen with you - it might be very sunny yet chilly.
早上早点出发，带上保暖的衣服和防晒霜，那儿可能阳光明媚但也有些冷。
And with the price of pig meat up 38 percent in major cities since the start of the year, the government is about to open its floodgates.
随着今年以来主要城市猪肉价格上涨超过38%，政府正筹划“开闸放肉”。
When Sunday came, and it was time for the girl to start on her way, she became frightened, although she herself did not know exactly why.
星期日来临，到了女孩应该出发的时间，她开始害怕，尽管她并不知道为什么。
In other words, you have to start the app and hope that your town has at least a few active GasBuddy contributors to help you out.
换句话说，你只能打开软件并同时希望同一区域至少还有其他一些在线的GasBuddy用户能够给你提供帮助。
But he added the company tries to make it possible to be 'part of a start-up within Google.
但他补充道，谷歌正努力在公司内部营造一种初创企业的氛围。
That made him all the more motivated to get out of his bed, overcome the pain, and start taking his restorative long walks again.
这是最让他无法在床上躺下去的原因，忍着疼痛，他又开始了恢复性的长距离散步。
"It suits me to start rather late, " he said in an interview with Todd McCormack. "I start at 10 o'clock and I stop at 12. Always. "
“我很适合很迟时开始工作”，他在一次采访时说到，“我10点开始工作，12结束，常常如此。”
Ready to live your life to its fullest potential? Start the four steps by becoming still. . .
做好充分生活的准备了吗？这四个步骤从静默开始…
You start in a street, move into a factory then end up in a castle.
先是在街头，再进入工厂，最后是在黑帮的城堡。
Registration is often just the start. Sometimes sex offenders are barred from living near places where children congregate.
登记在案通常只是开始，有时性罪犯还被禁止接近儿童聚集的场所。
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O Connor is in her 70s, and former surgeon general C. Everett Koop chairs an Internet start up in his 80s.
最高法院法官桑德拉·欧科纳70多岁，前外科医生协会总裁C·埃弗雷特·库普80来岁还主持了一个网站的起步工作。
If Jim and Mary are quarrelling already, it looks as if their marriage gets off to a bad start.
如果吉姆和玛丽已经在吵架了的话，这看起来他们的婚姻一开头就不顺利。
Somebody says: the holy spirit told me to start my own church, so I accept the bible and I start, is it a church?
有人说：圣灵告诉我去建立我自己的教会，所以我接受圣经且创办教会，这种教会是真的教会吗？
Never forget to turn off the lights of your car after you park, or you won't be able to start your car.
停车后千万不要忘记关上灯，否则你的车就启动不了。
After all, cheap coal plants are still fairly easy to start up in the country, she says.
敏茨说，毕竟在这个国家里，开几家投资不多的火力发电厂还是相当容易的。
It's a great opportunity, all too rare for a design firm, to be able to start with naming, and move on to identity design.
这是一个很好的机会，太罕见了设计公司，能够开始命名，并转移到形象设计。
With investors in Asia poised to start selling again in just a few hours, the ministers knew they needed to come up with a plan -- and fast.
当时远在千里之外的亚洲，投资者已做好准备，待几小时后市场开盘就再度抛出.欧洲财长们意识到，需要拿出一份计划--而且要快。
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