begin

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begin的基本意思是“開始”,用作及物動詞時,指做某事的第一個步驟、第一個行動或第一部分,強調某種狀態(tài)的“開端”,特別是較緩慢的開端。begin也可用作不及物動詞,以活動、工作、機械為主語,表示開始動或處于動的狀態(tài)中。
begin用作及物動詞時,后接名詞、代詞、動名詞、動詞不定式或含有疑問詞的動詞不定式作賓語。begin還可用作系動詞,后接形容詞作表語。
begin可用其現在時表示未來的事,也可用其進行時表示“漸漸開始”“即將開始”等。
begin是非持續(xù)性動詞，不能與表示一段時間的狀語連用。但可與表示時間點的狀語連用。
begin的現在分詞beginning還可以在句中作定語或狀語。
to begin with作“首先,起初”解,用作插入語,可放在句首、句中,也可放在句末。
begin可用于被動結構，但用作主動結構時更合習慣，尤其表示“(某事)開始”時。
begin后接的動詞可有多種形式。若其表示的意思是“有意志的”，可以用不定式或動名詞。He will soon begin to write a novel. 寫小說是有意志的。

Once the vice-chancellor of a university is inaugurated, he begins his term of office.
大學副校長的就職典禮一旦舉行,他就開始了任期。

A beginning beard faintly shadowed his chin and lean cheeks.
從他的下巴和瘦削的面頰上可以依稀看到剛長出來的胡須。

To begin to do something means to start doing it.
When something begins or when you begin it, it takes place from a particular time onward.
If you begin with something, or begin by doing something, this is the first thing you do.
You use begin to mention the first thing that someone says.
If one thing began as another thing, it first existed as the other thing before it changed into its present form.
If you say that a thing or place begins somewhere, you are talking about one of its limits or edges.
If a word begins with a particular letter, that is the first letter of that word.
You use to begin with when you are talking about the first stage of a situation, event, or process.
You use to begin with to introduce the first of several things that you want to say.

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They begin to monitor their learning and take responsibility for their learning.
他們開始去監(jiān)控自己的學習并且擔負起責任。