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

• On the basic values of the form, there is no more commencing discussions and arguments.
  关于价值观的基本表现形式，尚无更多展开的探讨和争论。
• The conductor waited for dead silence before commencing the performance.
  指挥家等待着开始演出前那彻底的沉寂。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• ( 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；
• Complete submittals and obtain required approvals before commencing the works.
  本工程开工之前，完成提交文件并获得所需批准。
• Should require a commencing salary of1000 yuan a month.
  我需要的薪金出发点是每个月1000元。