348 begin, start和begin with
1 表示“开始”时,begin和start 常可换用,结构为:
begin/ start sth.
begin/ start to do sth./ doing sth.
begin/ start at/ on+时间名词
begin with sth./ sb.
They begin/start work at 8 every morning. 他们每天早晨8点钟开始工作。
She began/started to learn English at the age of five. 她5岁开始学习英语。
He began/started making preparations for the trip. 他开始为旅行做准备。
The play begins with the sisters in the kitchen together. 这部戏以姐妹们在厨房相聚开始。
The meeting will begin/start on Monday and end on Friday. 会议将在星期一开始,星期五结束。
提示
①begin to do和begin doing均表示“开始做……”,意思上几乎没有什么差别。主语是人时,多用begin to do。
The snow began to melt. 雪开始融化了。
The water is beginning to boil. 水逐渐沸腾起来。
②若begin为进行时,要用begin to do。另外,begin to understand, begin to feel为习惯用法。
She's beginning to feel better. 她渐渐觉得好些了。
John began to understand the situation. 约翰开始了解情况。
③表示某种习惯性、长期性的行为,常用begin doing。
I left teaching in 2007 and began working in my present job. 我2007年离开教学岗位,开始我现在的工作。
2 表示“出发,旅行,开动(机器),(机器)运转,创办,开设”等时,只能用start ,不可用begin 。
At daybreak they started on their journey. 天亮时他们出发了。(不用begin )
At last the train started . 火车终于开动了。(不用begin )
We couldn't start the car. 我们无法开动这部车。(不用begin )
He started a new company last month. 他上个月新开了一家公司。
提示
start作“动身”解时,往往要用一般现在时或现在进行时代替一般将来时。
She starts for America next month. 她下个月动身去美国。
She is starting for America next month.
3 begin with 表示“以……开始,以……开端”,后跟名词。
They will begin with Lesson One. 他们将从第一课开始。
The book begins with a tale of country life. 这本书以一则农村生活故事开始。
提示
to begin with和to start with都是习惯用语,意为“首先,第一”,用作状语,常用于句首,常用逗号同句中的其他成分隔开。
To begin with , we ought to know what we study for. 首先,我们应该明确学习目的。
I can't go there with you; to start with , no one can take over my job;econdly, I have not enough money. 我不能同你去那里;首先,没有人能接替我的工作,其次,我没有足够的钱。