commences

英 [kəˈmensɪz]

美 [kəˈmensɪz]

v.  开始发生; 开始; 着手
commence的第三人称单数

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

• The word commences with a vowel.
  这个词开头是元音。
• Yes. So commences the new philosophy!
  不错，新的哲学就像这样开始了！
• A new cycle commences on April4th synchronizing with the new moon.
  新的周期从4月4号开始，和新月同时。
• The necessary modifications can then be made before actual product development commences.
  在实际开发产品之前，可以做必要的修改。
• When stasis commences, it is all over brothers, so make those choices now.
  当停滞期开始，黑暗兄弟们，一切就结束了，所以现在就做决定吧。
• Once the baseline activities are done, the build process commences.
  一旦基线活动完成，构建过程就开始了。
• When editorial review commences, that's where you come in.
  编辑复审开始时，那有你要做的工作。
• On this high note the puppet show commences.
  木偶戏就在这阵高昂的调子里开场了。
• Seed development in most instances commences following fertilization of the ovule.
  大多数种子的形成是从胚珠受精开始的。
• This text commences from setting up the education network, and inquirys the problems that nonage ′ s thought morals developments should be noticed.
  从构建教育网络入手，探讨了实施未成年人思想道德建设应注意的问题。