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*be·gin /bɪ`gɪn; bɪˈɡɪn/
v began /bɪ`gæn; bɪˈɡæn/, begun /bɪ`gʌn; bɪˈɡʌn/, beginning
1 [I,T] to start doing or feeling something, or to start to happen or exist 开始:
The meeting will begin at 10:00. 会议将在十点钟开始。
begin to do sth It's beginning to rain. 天开始下雨了。
begin doing sth Nicola began learning English last year. 妮可拉去年开始学英语。
begin with Let's begin with exercise 5. 让我们从练习五开始做起。
begin by doing sth May I begin by thanking you all for coming. 首先我要感谢大家的光临。
2 to begin with
a) used to introduce the first or most important point 首先〔用以引出第一个或最重要的观点〕:
To begin with, you mustn't take the car without asking. 首先，你不准问都不问就取车。
b) used to say what something was like at the start 原先，本来:
I didn't break it! It was like that to begin with. 不是我弄坏的！ 它本来就是那样子。
c) in the first part of an activity or process 起初:
The children helped me to begin with, but they soon got bored. 起初孩子们都来帮忙，但很快他们就感到厌烦了。
3 begin with if a book, speech, word etc begins with something, that is how it starts 以〔某种方式〕开始:
It begins with a description of the author's home. 它是以描述作者的家开始的。
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