start
音标：
英[stɑ:t] 美[stɑ:rt]
单词词义：
n. 开始; 动身; 开动; 起点;
vt. 出发，启程;
vt. 起动; 提出（问题）; 开办; 使开始;
[其他] 第三人称单数：starts 现在分词：starting 过去式：started 过去分词：started
用法：
有开始，动身意思，可作名词、动词 用法为start to do /doing sth
1、句子主语是物不是人的时候,后用start to do sth
2、当start用于进行时即starting时,后接to do sth.
3、当start后接的动词为表示心理活动的动词如understand,realize等时,后接to do sth.
例句：
1、he knew from the start the idea was hopeless.
一开始他就知道这主意行不通。
2、john then unlocked the front door and i started to follow him up the stairs
约翰接着打开前门，我开始跟他上楼。
3、he has a good start in business.
他在生意上起步时占了很大的优势。
4、the money gave him just the start he needed.
这笔钱正是他起步所需要的。
动词开始，名词开端
【start】意思与用法：
1. verb 开始(做某事)
if you start to do something, you do something that you were not doing before and you continue doing it.
john then unlocked the front door and i started to follow him up the stairs...
约翰接着打开前门，我开始跟他上楼。
it was 1956 when susanna started the work on the garden...
苏珊娜是从 1956 年开始修建这个花园的。
she started cleaning the kitchen.
她开始打扫厨房。
start is also a noun.
after several starts, she read the report properly.
经过几次断续后，她开始顺利地念报告了。
2. v-erg (使)开始;(使)发生
when something starts, or if someone starts it, it takes place from a particular time.
the fire is thought to have started in an upstairs room...
火灾被认为是从楼上的一个房间里开始燃起的。
the great war started in august of that year...
第一次世界大战于那年 8 月爆发。
trains start at 11.00 and an hourly service will operate until 16.00...
火车 11 点开始发出，每小时一班，一直运营到 16 点。
start is also a noun.
...1918, four years after the start of the great war...
1918 年，第一次世界大战爆发4年后
she demanded to know why she had not been told from the start.
她想知道为什么一开始没有告诉她。
3. verb (从…)开始;(从…)着手
if you start by doing something, or if you start with something, you do that thing first in a series of actions.
i started by asking how many day-care centers were located in the united states...
我一开始先问了问美国有多少所日托中心。
he started with a good holiday in key west, florida.
他先去佛罗里达的基韦斯特岛度了个愉快的假期。
4. verb 第一份工作是…
you use start to say what someone's first job was. for example, if their first job was that of a factory worker, you can say that they started as a factory worker.
betty started as a shipping clerk at the clothes factory...
贝蒂的第一份工作是在服装厂里当运务员。
grace robertson started as a photographer with picture post in 1947.
格雷斯·罗伯逊于 1947 年参加工作，做了《图片邮报》杂志的一名摄影师。
start off means the same as start .start off 同 start
mr. dambar had started off as an assistant to mrs. spear's husband.
丹巴尔先生的第一份工作是给斯皮尔夫人的丈夫当助理。
5. verb see also: start-up; 开办;创办
when someone starts something such as a new business, they create it or cause it to begin.
george granger has started a health centre and i know he's looking for qualified staff...
乔治·格兰杰开办了一个保健中心，我知道他正在物色合格的职员。
now is probably as good a time as any to start a business.
目前可能正是创业的最佳时机。
start up means the same as start .start up 同 start
the cost of starting up a day care center for children ranges from $150,000 to $300,000...
开办一个儿童日托中心的费用在 15 万到 30 万美元之间。
he said what a good idea it would be to start a community magazine up.
他说办一份社区杂志会是个好主意。
6. v-erg 开动，发动(发动机、汽车、机器等)
if you start an engine, car, or machine, or if it starts, it begins to work.
he started the car, which hummed smoothly...
他发动了汽车，车发出平稳的嗡嗡声。
we were just passing one of the parking bays when a car's engine started.
我们从一个停车区经过时，一辆车发动了引擎。
start up means the same as start .start up 同 start
he waited until they went inside the building before starting up the car and driving off...
他一直等到他们走进大楼后才发动汽车开车离去。
put the key in the ignition and turn it to start the car up...
将钥匙插进点火装置，然后转动钥匙发动汽车。
the engine of the seaplane started up.
水上飞机的发动机启动了。
