start

1. V-T If you start to do something, you do something that you were not doing before and you continue doing it. 開始 (做某事)

John then unlocked the front door and I started to follow him up the stairs. 接著約翰打開前門，我開始隨他上樓。

It was 1956 when Susanna started the work on the garden. 囌珊娜是在1956年開始脩建那個花園的。

2. N-COUNT Start is also a noun. 開始

After several starts, she read the report properly. 幾次起頭之後，她正確地讀了那份報告。

3. V-T/V-I When something starts, or if someone starts it, it takes place from a particular time. 使開始發生; 開始發生

The fire is thought to have started in an upstairs room. 這火被認爲是從樓上的一間房開始的。

All of the passengers started the day with a swim. 所有乘客都以遊泳開始了這一天。

4. N-SING Start is also a noun. 開始

...1918, four years after the start of the Great War. …第一次世界大戰開始4年後的1918年。

5. V-I If you start by doing something, or if you start with something, you do that thing first in a series of actions. (以做某事) 開始

I started by asking how many day-care centres were located in the United States. 我以詢問在美國有多少日托中心開始。

6. V-I You use start to say what someone's first job was. For example, if their first job was that of a factory worker, you can say that they started as a factory worker. (以做…) 開始 (職業生涯)

Betty started as a shipping clerk at the clothes factory. 貝蒂以做這家服裝廠的運務員開始職業生涯。

7. PHRASAL VERB Start off means the same as . 開始

Mr. Dambar had started off as an assistant to Mrs. Spear's husband. 丹巴先生以做斯皮爾夫人的先生的助手開始職業生涯。

8. V-T When someone starts something such as a new business, they create it or cause it to begin. 開辦

George Granger has started a health centre and I know he's looking for qualified staff. 喬治·格蘭傑開了個保健中心，我知道他正在物色郃格的員工。

9. PHRASAL VERB Start up means the same as . 開辦

The cost of starting up a day-care centre for children ranges from $150,000 to $300,000. 開辦一家兒童日托中心的費用在15到30萬美元之間不等。

10. →see also startup

11. V-T/V-I If you start an engine, car, or machine, or if it starts, it begins to work. 發動 (引擎、汽車、機器等); (引擎、汽車或機器等) 發動

He started the car, which hummed smoothly. 他發動了汽車，汽車平穩地發出嗡嗡聲。

12. PHRASAL VERB Start up means the same as . 發動

He waited until they went inside the building before starting up the car and driving off. 他等他們走進那座樓之後才發動汽車開走了。

Put the key in the ignition and turn it to start the car up. 把鈅匙插入點火裝置，然後轉動鈅匙發動汽車。

13. V-I If you start, your body suddenly moves slightly as a result of surprise or fear. 驚動

She put the bottle on the coffee table beside him, banging it down hard. He started at the sound, his concentration broken. 她把那個瓶子砰地一聲放在他身邊的咖啡桌上，他被這聲音嚇了一跳，注意力被打斷了。

14. N-COUNT Start is also a noun. 驚動

Sylvia woke with a start. 希爾維婭驚醒了。

15. →see also false start , head start

16. PHRASE You use for a start or to start with to introduce the first of a number of things or reasons that you want to mention or could mention. 首先; 第一

You must get her name and address, and that can be a problem for a start. 你得弄到她的姓名和住址,而這可能就是第一個難題。

17. PHRASE To start with means at the very first stage of an event or process. (事情、過程) 剛開始時

To start with, the pressure on her was very heavy, but it's eased off a bit now. 剛開始時她的壓力非常大，但現在輕松些了。

18. to get off to a flying start→see flying