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

• Two years after commencing the project, the business users were in revolt with issues centering on non-delivery of strategic capabilities, budgeting dissension surrounding integration, and overall frustration with the technical team to realize value from resource investments.
  在开始该项目两年以后，面对战略功能未交付、围绕集成的预算纠纷和对技术团队未从资源投资中实现价值的整体沮丧，业务用户对这些问题怨声载道。
• The commencing salary of 2000 yuan per month will be acceptable if your company houses me.
  如果贵公司给我提供住房，起薪为每月2000元将可以接受。
• Event was commencing at6pm, but at8am we have already reached.
  活动是傍晚6点，我们一早8点就已经到齐。
• We will shortly be commencing our descent to LA guardia.
  我们不久将下行去拉瓜迪亚。
• Accounting periods may be a fiscal year, a quarter, or a month, commencing on the first days thereof according to the Gregorian calendar.
  会计期间分为年度、季度和月份。年度、季度和月份的起讫日期采用公历日期。
• 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。
• The contractor will submit relevant details of the ice to the Engineer for approval before commencing the work.
  承包商应当在开工之前向监理方提交ice的相关详细内容以供审批。
• Joan was very much against commencing drug treatment.
  琼极力反对进行药物治疗。
• These trials shall be completed prior to commencing casting of the segments.
  应在分段浇模之前完成这些试验。
• I would like to announce the formation of a new fraternal house, commencing now.
  我宣布一个新的兄弟会现在成立。