commencing

英 [kəˈmensɪŋ]

美 [kəˈmensɪŋ]

v.  开始发生; 开始; 着手
commence的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG 开始
  When somethingcommencesor youcommenceit, it begins.
  1. The academic year commences at the beginning of October...
     学年于10月初开始。
  2. They commenced a systematic search...
     他们开始进行彻底搜查。
  3. The hunter knelt beside the animal carcass and commenced to skin it.
     猎人跪在动物尸体旁边，开始剥皮。

Commence,start, andbeginall have a similar meaning, althoughcommenceis more formal and is not normally used in conversation.The meeting is ready to begin... He tore the list up and started a fresh one. ...an alternative to commencing the process of European integration.Note thatbegin,start, andcommencecan all be followed by an -ing form or a noun, but onlybeginandstartcan be followed by a 'to' infinitive.
commence, start 和 begin 三个词意思相近，不过 commence 一词更为正式，通常不用于对话中。例如，The meeting is ready to begin (会议可以开始了)，He tore the list up and started a fresh one (他把清单撕碎，然后另列一张)，an alternative to commencing the process of European integration (启动欧洲一体化进程的另一种方式)。注意 begin, start 和 commence 都能后接动词的 -ing 形式或名词，但只有 begin 和 start 才能后接不定式。

双语例句

• The probation period for parole is counted as commencing on the date of parole.
  假释考验期限，从假释之日起计算。
• Quantitative calculation results and given for commencing property in the course of constant-rate drying.
  对等速干燥阶段开始的特征给出了定量的计算结果。
• I'm commencing to think I like the daughter better.
  我开始觉得我更喜欢这个女儿。
• Commencing on the date when the party knew or should have known that its rights were harmed.
  自当事人知道或者应当知道其权利受到侵害之日起计算。
• The impetus is for execution to start now with national governments announcing the plan and commencing the legal documentation.
  现在就必须行动起来，由各国政府宣布相关计划，并开始起草相关法律文件。
• I am commencing an undertaking, hitherto without precedent, and which will never find an imitator.
  我正在倡导一项事业，没有先例，今后也不会有人从事的事业。
• Personnel performing tasks for which specific qualifications are obligatory will be required to submit evidence of these qualifications before commencing work.
  工作开始之前，执行特定的强制性资格任务的人员需提交这些之歌的证明材料。
• Site formation and infrastructure works will be implemented in phases commencing in mid-1999 for completion by 2003.
  土地平整及基础建设工程，将于一九九九年年中开始分期实施，预期于二零零三年或之前完成。
• As a commencing student, you do not need to have a background in the disciplines of HRM or ER.
  由于一开始学生，你不需要有一个人力资源管理或急诊室的学科背景。
• By requesting, commencing or continuing the use of the relevant service at any time after such publication, you agree to pay TDC such charges.
  如果阁下在公布后的任何时间要求、开始或者继续使用有关的服务，阁下即同意向贸发局支付该等收费。