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

• Joan was very much against commencing drug treatment.
  琼极力反对进行药物治疗。
• The agreement needed to be in place prior to commencing the work.
  协议需要在工作开始之前就到位。
• 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 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 commencing and ending dates of issuance of the new shares;
  新股发行的起止日期；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• ( I) It fails to exercise the cancellation right within one year, commencing on the date when the party knew or should have known the cause for the cancellation;
  具有撤销权的当事人自知道或者应当知道撤销事由之日起一年内没有行使撤销权；