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VERB
開始；著手
To begin to do something means to start doing it.
例句
He stood up and began to move around the room...
他起身開始在屋里來回走動。
The weight loss began to look more serious...
體重下降眼看開始變得愈發厲害了。
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V-ERG
（使）開始（進行或存在）
When something begins or when you begin it, it takes place from a particular time onwards.
例句
The problems began last November...
問題在去年11月份開始出現。
He has just begun his fourth year in hiding...
他東躲西藏的第四個年頭剛剛開始。
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VERB
從…開始；從…著手；首先做（某事）
If you begin with something, or begin by doing something, this is the first thing you do.
例句
Could I begin with a few formalities?
請允許我開場先講幾句套話。
...a businessman who began by selling golf shirts from the boot of his car...
靠他的汽車后備箱練攤兜售高爾夫球衫起家的商人
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VERB
開始說；開口說
You use begin to mention the first thing that someone says.
例句
'Professor Theron,' he began, 'I'm very pleased to see you'...
“西倫教授，”他開口說道，“很高興見到您?！?/a>
He didn't know how to begin.
他不知從何說起。
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VERB
起初是；開始是
If one thing began as another, it first existed in the form of the second thing.
例句
What began as a local festival has blossomed into an international event.
原先的地方節日已經發展成為一項國際性活動。
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VERB
（界限或邊緣）起始于
If you say that a thing or place begins somewhere, you are talking about one of its limits or edges.
例句
The fate line begins close to the wrist...
命運線始于接近手腕的地方。
Rue Guynemer begins at the front of the Fitzgerald site.
吉內梅街始于菲茨拉德故居前。
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VERB
以…開頭；首字母為
If a word begins with a particular letter, that is the first letter of that word.
例句
The first word begins with an F.
第一個詞的首字母為F。
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VERB
無法，難以（解釋、理解、想象等）
If you say that you cannot begin to imagine, understand, or explain something, you are emphasizing that it is almost impossible to explain, understand, or imagine.
例句
You can't begin to imagine how much that saddens me.
你都無從想象這讓我有多悲傷。
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PHRASE
最初；剛開始
You use to begin with when you are talking about the first stage of a situation, event, or process.
例句
It was great to begin with but now it's difficult.
一開始非常好，但現在可就難了。
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PHRASE
首先；第一
You use to begin with to introduce the first of several things that you want to say.
例句
'What do scientists you've spoken with think about that?' — 'Well, to begin with, they doubt it's going to work.'
“跟你聊過的科學家是怎么看的？”——“嗯，首先，他們懷疑這能否行得通?！?/a>