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ldoce_752_zstart1 /stɑːt $ stɑːrt/ ●●● S1 W1 verb
1  begin doing STH 開始做某事 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]START DOING something to do something that you were not doing before, and continue doing it 開始 〔做某事〕 SYN begin
There’s so much to do I don’t know where to start.
有那麽多的事情要做，我都不知道從哪裏開始。
Have you started your homework?
你開始做家庭作業了嗎？
start doing something
Then the baby started crying.
然後寶寶開始哭了。
start to do something
It’s starting to rain.
天開始下雨了。
He got up and started running again.
他爬起來又開始跑。
I’d better get started (=start doing something) soon.
我最好馬上就開始。
start somebody doing something
What Kerry said started me thinking (=made me start thinking).
克裏的話讓我思考起來。
2  begin happening 開始發生 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] (also start off)START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETC to begin happening, or to make something begin happening （使）開始發生
What time does the film start?
電影什麽時候開始放映？
Lightning started a fire that burned 500 acres.
閃電引起大火，燒毀了 500 英畝林地。
The party was just getting started when Sara arrived.
薩拉到達時，派對剛剛開始。
starting (from) now/tomorrow/next week etc
You have two hours to complete the test, starting now.
現在開始，你有兩小時的時間完成考試。
3  begin in a particular way 以某種方式開始 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT] (also start off)START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETC to begin something in a particular way, or to begin in a particular way （使）〔以某種方式〕開始，開場
A healthy breakfast is a good way to start the day.
健康早餐是一天很好的開始。
start with
The festivities started with a huge fireworks display.
慶祝活動以一場盛大的煙火表演揭開序幕。
start as
The restaurant started as a small take-out place.
這家餐廳是從一間小外賣店起家的。
start badly/well/slowly etc
Any new exercise program should start slowly.
任何新的鍛煉計劃開始時都應該慢慢來。
start (something) by doing something
Chao starts by explaining some basic legal concepts.
查奧開始時先解釋了一些基本的法律概念。
4  business/organization 企業/機構 [transitiveT] (also start up)START something/MAKE something START to make something begin to exist 創辦；建立
start a business/company/firm etc
She wanted to start her own catering business.
她想自己創立一家餐飲公司。
5  job/school 工作/學校 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]START DOING something to begin a new job, or to begin going to school, college etc 開始（從事新的工作、上學等）
When can you start?
你什麽時候能開始上班？
start school/college/work
I started college last week.
上周起我開始上大學了。
6  car/engine etc 汽車/引擎等 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] (also start up)TETTCSWITCH ON OR OFF if you start a car or engine, or if it starts, it begins to work （使）發動，（使）開始運作，啓動
The car wouldn’t start this morning.
今天早上這輛車發動不起來。
get the car/engine etc started
He couldn’t get his motorbike started.
他的摩托車發動不起來。
7  begin going somewhere 出發去某地 [intransitiveI] (also start off/out)TTSTART DOING something to begin travelling or moving in a particular direction 出發，啓程 SYN set out
We’ll have to start early to get there by lunchtime.
我們必須早點出發，以便午飯前趕到那裏。
8  life/profession 生活/職業 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT] (also start off/out)START DOING something to begin your life or profession in a particular way or place 開始生活；開始立業
start as/in
She started as a dancer in the 1950s.
20 世紀 50 年代她從一名舞蹈演員開始起步。
It’s difficult for new lawyers to get started in private practice.
對新入行的律師來說，獨立開辦事務所起步很難。
9  road/river/path etc 道路/河流/小徑等 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETC if a river, road, path etc starts somewhere, it begins in that place 起源，起始
The trail starts immediately behind the hotel.
小徑的起點就在酒店後面。
start in/at
The race will start at the town hall.
比賽起點將設在市政廳。
10  prices/amounts 價格/數量 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETC if prices, amounts, or rates start at or from a particular number, that is the lowest number at which you can get or buy something （自…）起
start at/from
Room prices start from £25 a night.
房價每晚 25 英鎊起。
11  start from scratch/zero to begin doing a job or activity completely from the beginning 從頭開始
There were no textbooks, so the teachers had to start from scratch.
沒有課本，因此教師們只得從零開始。
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start from scratch/zero• As she explained, it was not easy to start from scratch.• Once more, Machanguana is starting from scratch.• The trainees work hard, but they must start from scratch.• We do not have to start from scratch.• It would be arrogant foolishness to ignore that experience and to start from scratch designing a stringing by ear.• The only way to design tastefully was to start from scratch, he had said.• Peter the Great had to start from scratch when he built St. Petersburg.• The revenue from the product also starts from zero when none are sold and rises proportionately to invoiced sales.• This is especially true if the group starts from scratch with no designated roles or previous experience of working together.
12  deliberately begin STH 故意開始某事 [transitiveT] to deliberately make something start happening, especially something bad 使發生，開始〔尤指不好的事情〕
I started a fire to warm the place up.
我生了一堆火讓周圍暖和起來。
start a fight/argument
Oh, don’t go trying to start an argument.
噢，别去挑起爭論。
Other girls were starting rumours about me.
其他女孩子在散布有關我的謠言。
13  to start with spoken
a) BEGINNINGsaid when talking about the beginning of a situation, especially when it changes later 一開始，起初
I was pretty nervous to start with, but after a while I was fine.
開始時我很緊張，但過了一會兒就好了。
b) FIRSTsaid to emphasize the first of a list of facts or opinions you are stating 首先，第一〔用於強調〕
There are problems. To start with, neither of us likes housework.
有一些問題。首先，我們倆誰都不喜歡做家務。
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to start with• Especially when some people are stupid to start with, and careless of existing laws.• I was nervous to start with, but after a while I was fine.• I'm not going to Vegas. To start with, I don't like gambling, and I also can't get time off work.• I wanted to start with something that was better and more efficient.• We have decided to start with the basics.• The more localized in position that it is to start with, the more quickly it will spread.• Cheap merchandise was overpriced to start with, then sold on time with fantastic interest.• List your private fears to start with, then your public ones, if any.• Given that they're feeling unwell to start with, this can lead to tears.
14  be back where you started PROGRESS#to try to do something and fail, so that you finish in the same situation that you were in before 前功盡棄；白費勁
A lot of people who lose weight gain it back over time, and end up back where they started.
許多人減肥後經過一段時間體重又恢複到以前的水平，最後是前功盡棄。
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be back where you started• If we lose tomorrow, we'll be back where we started.• And if you decide that they are not, then you are back where you started.• So my client and I are back where we started.• To a large extent we are back where we started.
15  sports 體育運動 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] if a player starts in a game, or if someone starts them, they begin playing when the game begins, especially because they are one of the best players on the team （使）出場，（使）上場〔尤用於球隊中的最佳隊員〕
start for
Astacio started for the Dodgers on Tuesday night.
星期二晚上阿斯塔西奧爲道奇隊首發上場。
16  start a family FAMILYto have your first baby 生第一個孩子
We’re not ready to start a family yet.
我們還沒準備好生孩子。
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start a family• Hirsh was a hospital pharmacist who needed to hold down two jobs to save money to start a family.• Nadia Comaneci and her husband, Bart Conner, want to start a family.• They may have started, or are about to start a family.• But then couples began to wait longer before starting families and also began to worry more about money.• This is unlikely to deter parents wishing to start a family at a more mature age than usual.• Effects on family life probably include contrary tendencies - accelerating or delaying decisions to start families, for example.• Though women friends my age were talking about marriage and starting a family, I remained unsure.• Many of these women may still start families in their late 20s or 30s.
17  start afresh/anew to stop doing what you are doing and begin doing it again in a better or different way 重新開始
She saw her new job as a chance to start afresh.
她把自己的新工作視爲重新開始的一次機會。
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start afresh/anew• He would return to such motifs again and again over the years, overworking an existing drawing or destroying and starting afresh.• Sometimes, staying put is a greater act of courage than pulling up stakes and starting anew.• Stark had taken me to a place where I could shed my former selves and start anew.• We're going to start afresh.• We had not finished the war, but had to go back to Virginia and start afresh.• She moved to Texas to start anew after the divorce.• Analysts think Boeing will most likely start afresh and come up with a real rival early in 2002.• I wanted everything to start afresh between you and me.• If nothing else, the legal clock on the case will likely start anew when it returns to the trial court.
18  somebody started it! spokenFAULT/BE somebody'S FAULT used to say that someone else has caused an argument or problem 〔爭論或問題〕是某人挑起來的！
‘Don’t hit her!’ ‘But she started it!’
“别打她！” “但這是她挑起來的！”
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somebody started it!• "Tim, stop fighting with your sister." "She started it."
19  start something/anything FIGHTto begin causing trouble 惹麻煩，闖禍
It looks like Jess is trying to start something.
看來傑斯是在惹是生非。
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start something/anything• I figured I must be the only fool who was trying to start something.• I think we have to be autocratic about officers, at first, in order to start something.• It's, well, enough to get by on, but not much more, not enough to start something.• When I brought you that painting, it started something.• In fact, I was thinking I might try and start something along those lines as soon as I can.• If you start something in there, don't expect me to back you up.• Those involved were told that they should have consulted the senior branch before starting anything like that.• The standard affair, nowadays, will start something like this.• I myself had started something of a relationship with her just now.
20  move suddenly 突然移動 [intransitiveI]MOVE/CHANGE POSITION to move your body suddenly, especially because you are surprised or afraid 〔尤指因吃驚或害怕〕突然移動；驚起，嚇一跳 SYN jump
A loud knock at the door made her start.
巨大的敲門聲嚇了她一跳。
start from
Emma started from her chair and rushed to the window.
埃瑪從椅子上驚跳起來，向窗口沖去。
21  start young YOUNGto begin doing something when you are young, especially when it is unusual to do it 很年輕就開始（做某事）
Woods started young, and was coached by his father.
伍茲起步很早，由他父親訓練。
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start young• Awareness of personal attitudes to ageing has to start young.• But protest comes from awareness and today awareness starts young.• With many sexually active before their sixteenth birthday and with drug taking on the increase, education needs to start young.• But they say the best pilots start young and David Leech will have to wait till August for his first solo.• You have to start young if you want to be a great musician.
22  don’t (you) start! British EnglishBrE spokenCOMPLAIN used to tell someone to stop complaining, arguing, or annoying you 别煩了！〔用於叫某人停止抱怨、爭吵或騷擾〕
‘Mum, I don’t like this ice cream.’ ‘Oh, don’t you start!’
“媽媽，我不喜歡這個冰激淩。”“哦，你别煩了！”
n Grammar
Start belongs to a group of verbs where the same noun can be the subject of the verb or its object.
You can say:
We’ll start the show at 7.30.
In this sentence, ‘the show’ is the object of start.
You can say:
The show will start at 7.30.
In this sentence, ‘the show’ is the subject of start.
 THESAURUS
to start doing something 開始做某事
start to begin doing something 開始〔做某事〕
I’m starting a new job next week.
下星期我開始做新工作。
It’s time we started.
我們該開始了。
begin to start doing something. Begin is more formal than start, and is used especially in written English 開始〔做某事；begin比 start正式,尤用於書面英語〕
He began to speak.
他開始講話。
The orchestra began playing.
管弦樂隊開始演奏。
Shall we begin?
我們可以開始了嗎？
commence formal to start doing something 開始〔做某事〕
The company will commence drilling next week.
公司將於下周開始鑽井。
Work was commenced on the next power station.
下一個電站已經動工。
get down to something to finally start doing something, especially your work 終於開始做某事〔尤指工作〕
Come on, Sam – it’s time you got down to some homework.
趕快,薩姆,該做點作業了。
We’d better get down to business.
我們最好開始辦正事吧。
set off to start a journey 出發
What time do you have to set off in the morning?
早上你得幾點出發？
I usually set off for work at about 8.30.
我通常8點30分出門去上班。
set out to start a long journey 出發,動身〔踏上漫長的旅途〕
The ship set out from Portsmouth on July 12th.
這艘船7月12日從樸次茅斯起航。
embark on something especially written to start something, especially something new, difficult, or exciting 開始某事物〔尤指全新、困難或令人激動的事物〕
The Law Society has embarked on a major programme of reform.
法律學會已啓動重大改革項目。
nJamaica was embarking on a decade of musical creativity.
resume formal to start doing something again after stopping it or being interrupted 〔停頓後〕再次開始
Normal train services will be resumed on April 5th.
列車營運將於4月5日起恢複正常。
nTrade was resumed after the end of the war.
get cracking informal to start doing something or going somewhere 開始〔做某事〕；出發〔去某地〕
I think we should get cracking straightaway.
我看我們這就動手吧。
to start happening 開始發生
start/begin to begin 開始
What time does the film start?
電影幾點開始？
begin to start. Begin is more formal than start and is used especially in written English 開始〔begin比start正式,尤用於書面英語〕
The trial began in March.
審訊 3 月份開始。
Work on the new bridge will begin early next year.
新大橋工程將於明年初動工。
open to start being shown to the public – used about a play, show, or exhibition 〔戲劇、演出〕上演；〔展覽會〕開幕
nLloyd Webber’s new musical opened in London last week.
A major exhibition of her work will open in New York in November.
她的作品大展將於 11 月在紐約開幕。
commence formal to start happening 開始
The voting has already commenced.
投票業已啓動。
The work is scheduled to commence in April.
工程定於 4 月份啓動。
get under way to start happening or being done – used especially about something that is likely to last a long time 開始；動工〔尤用於長期工作〕
Construction work is getting under way on a new train network.
一個全新的列車網絡建設即將動工。
Discussions concerning the plan got under way on April 2.
圍繞該計劃的討論已於4月2日開始。
break out to start happening – used especially about a fire, a fight, war, or a disease 開始；爆發〔尤用於火災、打鬥、戰爭或疾病〕
Police were called in when fighting broke out in the crowd.
人群中爆發爭鬥,警察奉命趕到。
The blaze broke out on the third floor of the hotel.
酒店三樓起火了。
kick off informal to start – used especially about a football game or a meeting 開始〔尤用於足球比賽或會議〕
The match is due to kick off this afternoon at Wembley Stadium.
比賽定於今天下午在溫布利球場開始。
nWhat time will the celebrations kick off?
5 FREQUENCY 使用頻率
 PHRASAL VERBS
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start• It sounds like an exciting job. When do you start?• Adding acid to the test tube starts a chemical process which leads to the formation of crystals.• I'm starting a new job next week.• A.. We are going to start a trade paperback line in the spring of 1997.• The police have already started an investigation.• A group of women in the neighborhood have started an investment club.• It is thought that the avalanche was started by a small rock-fall on the higher slopes.• A 'safe neighbourhood' campaign has been started by local residents.• We'll have to start early if we want to get to Grandma's by lunchtime.• He could not argue that, if he was not allowed to start his new job, he would starve.• The 1.85-mile track would be lined by five grandstands with a capacity for 150,000, and racing would start in 1995.• I've just started learning German.• It was getting dark so we started looking for a place to stay the night.• I started my descent about a mile away and a thousand feet high.• I think I was about nineteen when I started taking drugs.• Have you started that book yet?• Investigators still aren't sure what started the fire.• The referee couldn't start the game because there were fans on the field.• Halfway through the performance, she started to feel a little faint.• Outside, it was starting to rain.• It was starting to sound very familiar.• We can't start until Carol gets here.• We have decided to start with the basics.
start doing something• I'm going to start washing the dishes.
getting started• E-mail applications are abundant on Linux and choosing one can be the most difficult part in getting started!• I did with-out you all that time when you were getting started.• In Los Angeles our supporters outnumbered Operation Rescue demonstrators three to one and kept a planned clinic blockade from even getting started.• Therefore, the designers explored alternative means of getting started.• You know that period between all the workers getting started and the women coming out to do their marketing.• Advisers will help you explore how realistic your idea is and guide you through the steps to getting started successfully.• The problem seems to be in getting started with movements, including those of speech.
start as• At age 13 she started as a cook in a Chinese restaurant.• The whole thing started as a joke, but soon everyone believed it.• What starts as a mild downturn becomes a severe recession through the reaction of risk-averse, highly leveraged businesses.• If federal approval is gained soon, the trial could start as early as January.• That trend had started as far back as the end of the nineteenth century.• There's a big difference between those two matches, where he started as favourite, and our present contest.• They start as low as $ 200.• Bidding for the second license is to start as soon as the first license is awarded.• The problems start as the years go by.• It is important that you start as you mean to go on and the horse must understand what is expected of him.
start a business/company/firm etc• He started a business as a corn merchant in Fimber, and moved to Driffield in 1869.• Should I go out on my own and start a business, or would the insecurity be unbearable?• He looked very well and was full of talk of making his way in the world and starting a business some day.• They reached their goal by starting a business that had no income ceiling, no alleys or dead ends.• Arron knows two former lawyers who started a company that organizes hiking trips on llamas.• They don't start businesses; they improve them.• The new unit will start business today with the lofty goal of $ 100 million in sales within five years.• Like many entrepreneurs on a shoestring, they are attempting to start a business while they continue to work full-time jobs.
start school/college/work• Black workers often report encountering overt hostility when they start work.• Incidentally, we would be grateful if you would do your best to be ready to start work at 11.00 a.m.• None of them started college expecting or planning to take a leadership role.• I started working for the guy who managed our building and a number of the other buildings around us.• Lisa describes herself when she started college: I came to Tufts very white-identified.• When I started work I regretted not going for a degree, but promised myself not to miss out.• Although her father gave her an allowance, within six months of starting work Kate could have managed without it.• When she started school, Mari couldn't speak English at all.• Having been rushed to his desk, he listened to the problem and started working on his computer.
start as/in• An accident leaflet scheme was started in 1978 in the North West.• Four starts in a row this month, he gave up at least five runs and was gone by the sixth inning.• The government has forecast economic growth of 2. 5 percent for the year starting in April.• Several students who started in January acquired enough skills to land summer jobs, Frezzo said.• Quick. 15.16 Meeting starts in room on fourth floor.• Bidding for the second license is to start as soon as the first license is awarded.• If all goes well, you may be able to go back to school when the new year starts in the autumn.
start in/at• Made locally by two craftsmen, they start at £230 for a chair.• Prices start at £240,000 - ships begin from the third quarter.• Threenight packages start at $ 545 for a family of four; five nights start at $ 869.• The government has forecast economic growth of 2. 5 percent for the year starting in April.• The election-year crime wave is starting in Congress.• He'd given me a head start in my inquiries.• The creek starts in the mountains and runs down onto private land.• This is a high amplitude burst of contractions that start in the stomach and are propagated distally into the lower small bowel.• Cars are a lot dirtier now than when I first started in this business 32 years ago.
start at/from• The incomparable Main Squeeze finals start at 1: 30 p. m. Sunday.• Rates start at $ 159 and are based on availability.• Summer rates at the hotel start at $199.• The list price starts at £3,945.• It should have started at Brands Hatch, but Jackie crashed it and had to race again in the 003.• It starts from the fact of disunity and asks which existing political mechanism can work best for unity.• Since the column that we moved originally started at the left margin, no tab codes preceded it.• Evaporation through pores starts at the surface with water being continuously drawn out and evaporating as a moisture gradient comes into being.
started ... fire• A fortnight ago arsonists got inside the building and started a fire.• A man called John Salvi walked into the clinic and started firing.• The lead ships got closer, and their door gunners started firing.• We were about a minute away from touchdown when the gunships started firing.• Mill blaze: A welding torch yesterday started a fire at a North Yorkshire corn mill.• One trooper told the inquest his machine-gun jammed twice - then started firing by itself.• Then Charlie started firing mortar rounds.• It started a fire which spread to the river bank.
start for• It was already dark by the time we started for home.• When are you starting for Seattle?• Astacio started for the Dodgers on Tuesday night.
start from• Emma started from her chair and rushed to the window.
Related topics: Sport
start2 ●●● S1 W2 noun
1  of an activity/event 活動的/事件的 [countableC usually singular]BEGINNING the first part of an activity or event, or the point at which it begins to develop 開始，開端；起始點
start of
We arrived late and missed the start of the film.
我們遲到了，錯過了電影的開頭。
(right) from the start
We’ve had problems with this project right from the start.
這個項目從剛一開始我們就遇到許多難題。
She read the letter from start to finish without looking up.
她頭也不擡地把信從頭到尾看完。
get off to a good/bad etc start (=begin well or badly) 有一個良好/糟糕等的開始
a free bottle of wine to get your holiday off to a great start
一瓶免費葡萄酒，讓您的假日有個美好的開始
a rocky/shaky/slow etc start (=a bad beginning) 不順利的開端
After a rocky start, the show is now very popular.
這檔節目一開始並不順利，但現在已經很受歡迎了。
He wanted an early start on his election campaign.
他希望早點開始自己的競選活動。
► see thesaurus at beginning
2  of a period of time 一段時間的 [countableC usually singular]BEGINNING the first part of a particular period of time 開始，開端 SYN beginning
start of
Since the start of 1992, the company has doubled in size.
自 1992年年初以來，這家公司的規模已經擴大了一倍。
the start of the year/day/season 選舉年的開始
the start of an election year
選舉年的開始
3  make a start (on something) to begin doing something 着手（做某事）
I’ll make a start on the washing-up.
我這就開始洗餐具。
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make a start (on something)• I should have mentioned that Joe Lawley and Graham Lloyd have already made a start with tree clearance.• Now we are pledged to cut tax rates again - and have made a start on the road to 20p Income Tax.• We have paper and ink here - make a start now if you have not already.• Nick made a start at restoring the ravaged wreck, but sadly died before much was done.• That's why we should now make a start on reminding ourselves of the relevance of our own particular life story.• It was decided therefore, to make a start upon upgrading the existing fleet by adopting improved technology wherever possible.• In the 1980s, we made a start, privatising those industries Government ran so badly.• Mailing designs home to be printed on samples sewn by his mum, Wells made a start in sports couture.
4  sudden movement 突然移動 [singular] a sudden movement of your body, usually caused by fear or surprise 〔因恐懼或吃驚的〕突然移動；驚起
with a start
Ted woke up with a start and felt for the light switch.
特德猛然驚醒，摸索着找電燈開關。
She said his name, and Tom gave a start (=made a sudden movement).
她說出他的名字，湯姆嚇了一跳。
5  good/better/healthy etc start (in life) ADVANTAGEif you have a good etc start, you have all the advantages or opportunities that your situation, your parents etc could provide to help you succeed （人生中）良好/較好/健康等的起步
Good health care for the mother before birth gives babies a healthy start.
孕婦産前良好的保健能給嬰兒一個健康的基礎。
Naturally we want to give our kids the best possible start in life.
我們當然想給自己的孩子盡可能好的人生起步條件。
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good/better/healthy etc start (in life)• They will, however, be getting a new center, and that is a good start, he believes.• Not a good start, but a start, nevertheless.• But it wasn't a good start in the lessons of love, and left me very arid in such matters.• The problem was the middle and end, when the team sacrificed rebounding for getting out to a good start.• A good start is one where you pass close behind the start boat going at speed.• The auditor may enjoy the gifts, but he had better start looking for a sympathy engram not yet suspected or tapped.• He had better start by accepting that if he does the right things, they will not be popular ones.• It wasn't a very good start.
6  WHERE RACE BEGINS 比賽的出發點the start DSthe place where a race begins 起點，出發點
The horses were all lined up at the start.
所有的馬都在起跑線上一字排開。
Examples from the Corpus
the start• Not much happens at the start of the film -- don't worry if you're late.• Speakers often give an overview at the start of a lecture and a summary at the end.• The horses were all lined up at the start.• I tried to read Tristan Shandy but I couldn't get past the start.
7  being ahead 領先 [countableC usually singular]DSADVANTAGE the amount of time or distance by which one person is ahead of another, especially in a race or competition 領先的時間[距離]
start on
The prisoners had a three-hour start on their pursuers.
囚犯逃跑了三個小時後才開始追捕。
→ head start(2)
8  for a start FIRST British EnglishBrE informal used to emphasize the first of a list of facts or opinions you are stating 首先，第一〔用於強調一系列事實或觀點的第一條〕
Well, for a start, the weather was horrible.
哦，首先，天氣很糟。
Examples from the Corpus
for a start• Ryan Stromsborg, a sophomore from Notre Dame High, is challenging for a starting spot in the infield and outfield.• They were small groups for a start.• You won't like my hair, for a start.• Lovejoy himself is firmly in the tradition of the likeable rogue - no first name for a start.• For instance, a trip to the seaside is out for a start.• I had no religion for a start, though I had developed respect for the Church through knowing Monsignor.• Pretty strong inns all along the coach road, for a start.• You have to understand that, for a start.• I don't think she'll get the job. She's too young, for a start.
9  be a start spoken used to say that something you have achieved may not be impressive, but it will help with a bigger achievement 是良好的開端
One exercise class a week isn’t enough, but it’s a start.
一星期一節健身課是不夠的，但這是個好的開始。
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be a start• Antonio is a starting point guard for Bowling Green State University.• But weeks had passed, and the results from the new approach were starting to kick in.• All you have to do is start up your Web browser.• A lot younger than Rex, and I was starting to feel it.• By the time John parked in Sloane Crescent the sun had vanished behind lowering cloud, and it was starting to rain.• The shop was started by the Neal brothers back in the 1870s.• If possible, an annual programme of calf vaccination should be started.• By the end of 1942, the great year of success for the Axis, things were starting to change dramatically.
10  job 工作
a) [countableC usually singular] the beginning of someone’s job, which they will develop in the future, especially a job that involves acting, writing, painting etc 〔尤指表演、寫作、繪畫等事業的〕開始，起步
Pacino got his start on the stage, before his success in films.
帕西諾以舞台劇起步，後來才有電影上的成就。
I gave you your start, so remember me when you win the Pulitzer Prize.
我給了你起步的機會，等你獲得普利策獎時可别忘了我。
b) [countableC usually plural] a job that has just started, a business that has just been started, or someone who has just started a new job 新工作；新企業；新手
The number of business starts plummeted 10.5% during the second half of the year.
下半年新成立的公司數量銳減了 10.5%。
a training course for new starts
新員工培訓課程
11. starts  (also housing starts) [plural] technical when people begin to build a number of new houses 住宅建築動工
12  sport 體育運動 [countableC usually plural]
a) a race or competition that someone has taken part in 〔某人參加的〕比賽，競賽
The horse Exotic Wood was unbeaten in five starts.
那匹名爲“異國木”的賽馬五場比賽保持不敗。
b) an occasion when a player plays when a sports match begins 〔選手在比賽中的〕首發上場
Jackson played in 353 games, with 314 starts.
傑克遜參加了353 場比賽，其中 314 場首發。
→ false start, → fresh start at fresh1(4), → in/by fits and starts at fit3(7)
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
a good/great start
A 3-0 win is a good start for the team.
a flying start (=a very good start)
The appeal got off to a flying start at the weekend when the group held a raffle.
a promising start (=a good start that makes success seem likely)
Her teacher says she's made a promising start in learning Spanish.
a bad/poor/disastrous start
Things got off to a bad start when two people turned up late.
a rocky/shaky start (=a rather bad start)
After a shaky start, they managed two wins in five matches.
a disappointing start
He accepted full responsibility for the club’s disappointing start to the season.
a slow start
Work got off to a very slow start because of bad weather.
an auspicious/inauspicious start (=one that makes it seem likely that something will be good or bad)
His second term in office has got off to an extremely inauspicious start.
an early/late start
It was long trip so we had planned an early start.
verbs
get off to a good/bad etc start
On your first day at work, you want to get off to a good start.
make a good/bad/early etc start
He made a flying start at college, but then he didn't manage to keep it up.
have a good/bad etc start
We’ve had a disappointing start but we are hoping to improve.
Examples from the Corpus
start• Only in 1993-94 did San Jose manage to survive a bad start.• From that bad start, many little rotten apples grew.• He's allowed just five goals in his last four starts.• A pint of vodka at eight o'clock in the morning was not a good start to the day.• If we get off to a good start this season, I think the team has a real chance to win the championship.• We want to give our kids the best possible start in life.• They had an exotic meal to celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year.• There are also no ligatures to confuse the start of the letter as there are in other letter positions.• The runners are now lining up for the start of the race.• From the start, the physical setting was an essential part of the Black Mountain experience.• Tomorrow marks the start of the presidential election campaign.• When we reached the start after a nervous descent there were no fewer than seven climbers ahead of us.
start of• The sudden roar of planes overhead marked the start of the war.• Since the start of 1992, the company has doubled in size.
the start of the year/day/season• United knocked them out of the League Cup at the start of the season over 2 legs.• But Jones missed 11 games at the start of the season with a torn ligament in his left thumb.• Four out of five stocks owned at the start of the year were sold by the end.• Just getting up at the start of the day without complaining, is an achievement.• When he struggled to find winners at the start of the season, the cries of gleeful recrimination reached a crescendo.• But that, of course, does not take into account the loan we made you at the start of the year.• The networks knew by the start of the year that the telecommunications bill was going to be signed into law.• From the start of the day to its finish, the Government have got their priorities wrong.
with a start• Beast on the Loose Anabelle awoke with a start.• I awoke with a start and reached for the phone.• His voice was louder than he had intended and even his daughter drew away from him with a start.• She realized with a start that she had been gazing on the vista for almost four hours.• In October the new training scheme with start in which Medau music and movement will be combined with a training in physiotherapy.• Dubois jumped up with a start, and visibly relaxed when he saw who had interrupted him.• Waking with a start, she lay in the grey half-light of dawn, wondering where she was.• He soon fell asleep, but woke with a start when his grandmother plucked out a hair.• Sometime in the middle of the night I woke with a start, as Clarisa climbed on to the cot.
start on• The exam was almost over and I hadn't even started on question 3.• Germany's military buildup in the 1930s gave it a huge start on Britain and France.• We can't start on the building work until planning permission comes through.• It was time to start on all those little jobs around the house that he'd been putting off.
got ... start• Got to start keeping a cork in the bottle until the performance is over.• As soon as Clarisa got home she started talking about having Janir visit her again in San Francisco.• She still obsesses about June 28, the day her college career came to a sudden stall before it even got started.• However, I had hardly got started before I got the first complaint.• Everyone has got to start somewhere.• After I got started and into the conversation I felt a lot more comfortable.• But the story of how it got started is an odd one.• By noon, we got started.
STARTn /stɑːt $ stɑːrt/
n1.(Strategic Arms Reduction Talks) talks between the US and the former Soviet Union, which aimed to reach agreement about reducing the number of nuclear weapons that each country kept. Two START Treaties (=official agreements) were signed, START I (1991) and START II (1993), in which each country promised to destroy several types of nuclear weapons → compare SALT
From Longman Business Dictionary
startstart1 /stɑːtstɑːrt/ verb
1[intransitiveI] if prices start at or from a particular figure, that is the lowest figure at which you can buy something, for example for the most basic product, service etc in a range
start at/from
Delivery prices start at £10.40.
2 (also start up)COMMERCE to create a new business or new business activity
My brother started his own plumbing business when he was only 24.
On April 5 the airline started up a Stansted to Waterford daily link.
3[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to begin a new job, or to begin going to school, college etc
How soon can you start?
The sales manager phoned this morning to ask if I could start next week.
→ start off
startstart2 noun
1[countableC usually singular] the beginning of an activity, event, or situation
start of
The share price has increased by 22% since the start of the year.
They’ve had problemsright from the start.
The whole process takes 10 days from start to finish.
Shops got off to a bad start in the weeks after currency union.
2[countableC usually plural] a job that has just started, a business that has just been created, or someone who has just started a new job
The number of business starts plummeted 10.5% during the second half.
a training course for new starts
→ housing starts
3[singular] British EnglishBrE informal the beginning of a new job
He went to the building site and asked if there was any chance of a start.
4[countableC usually singular] a situation in which you have an advantage over other people
We’ve got a real head start on the rest of the industry, and very few real competitors.
Origin start1
Old English styrtan “to jump”

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