Commence

(v. i.) To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.

(v. i.) To begin to be, or to act as.

(v. i.) To take a degree at a university.

(v. t.) To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.

校对:迈拉

• And when will you commence the exercise of your function? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The movement of troops from the Army of the James will commence on the night of the 27th instant. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Every time I attempted to start, my new horse would commence to kick. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He was eager to commence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• We passed a few sad hours, until eleven o'clock, when the trial was to commence. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• He would then commence his purchases, paying for each article separately, as he got it. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• And if the Maria kisses thee again I will commence kissing thee myself. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• And then commenced a train of thought quite new to me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• I started in to make a number of these lamps, but I soon found that the X-ray had affected poisonously my assistant, Mr. Dally, so that his hair came out and his flesh commenced to ulcerate. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The parts being thus distributed to the leaders, they commenced the first assault, of which the reader has already heard the issue. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• You heard the report and then the shriek commenced almost instantly. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• He was dined at the H?tel de Ville, given the Legion of Honor, and money was subscribed for a monument to mark the place near Calais where he commenced his flight. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• In a moment they saw him, and then me; but scarcely had they discovered me than I commenced firing, lying flat upon my belly in the moss. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• And with that I commenced to bend him back across my knee and tighten my grip upon his throat. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• That will be the best way of commencing the enquiry, and will probably lead to the fairest conclusion. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• I hesitated; of the formula of confession I was ignorant: instead of commencing, then, with the prelude usual, I said:--Mon père, je suis Protestante. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• This was abusing their power and commencing a tyranny. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• His curiosity was therefore satisfied, and putting on his spectacles he prepared himself to watch the play which was just commencing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• At that moment I noticed that the black I had dropped with my fist was commencing to show signs of returning consciousness. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Was not hair commencing to grow upon his face? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• When commencing the game his intention had been nothing further than a bitter practical joke on Mrs. Yeobright. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The idea cannot be put aside, and with such poor aids as he can command he commences his task. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• At this period, the termination of an animal's love for its offspring,--the true affection of the human parent commences. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• If not already directed, require your men to keep three days' rations in their haversacks, not to be touched until a movement commences. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• In this locality the rubber harvest commences as soon as the Amazon falls which is usually about the first of August. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Tis not wi' _them_ 't commences. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• In the joking commences a rottenness. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• So commences the new philosophy! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

整理:默娜