start的用法

v.開始，著手，動手(做或使用);(使)發生，開始進行;開動;發動;啟動

n.開頭;開端;開始;起始優勢;良好的基礎條件

第三人稱單數： starts 現在分詞： starting 過去式： started 過去分詞： started

做事 doing sth

1 開始，著手，動手（做或使用） 

to begin doing or using sth

[VN] I start work at nine.

我每天九點開始工作。

He's just started a new job.

他剛剛著手一項新工作。

I only started (= began to read) this book yesterday.

我昨天才開始看這本書。

We need to start (= begin using) a new jar of coffee.

我們得新開一罐咖啡了。

The kids start school next week.

孩子們下星期開學。

[V to inf] It started to rain.

下起雨來了。

Mistakes were starting to creep in.

不知不覺間，開始出錯了。

[V -ing] She started laughing.

她笑了起來。

[V] It's a long story. Where shall I start?

說來話長。我從哪兒說起呢？

It's time you started on your homework.

你該做功課了。

Let's start by reviewing what we did last week.

我們開始先來複習一下上星期學的內容。

Can you start (= a new job) on Monday?

你可以星期一就來上班嗎？

[V-ADJ] The best professional musicians start young .

卓有成就的音樂家很早就接觸音樂。

note at begin

發生 happening

2 使）發生，開始進行 

to start happening; to make sth start happening

[V] When does the class start?

什麼時候上課？

Have you any idea where the rumour started?

你知不知道謠言是從哪兒傳出來的？

[VN] Who started the fire?

誰放的火？

Do you start the day with a good breakfast?

你早晨起來會先好好吃一頓早飯嗎？

You're always trying to start an argument.

你總是想挑起爭論。

[VN -ing] The news started me thinking.

那條訊息讓我思考起來。

機器；車輛 machine/vehicle

3 開動；發動；啟動 

when you start a machine or a vehicle or it starts , it begins to operate

[VN] Start the engines!

發動引擎！

I can't get the car started.

這輛車我發動不起來。

[V] The car won't start.

這輛車發動不起來。

存在 existing

4 ~ (sth) (up)

（使）出現；發起；創辦；開辦 

to begin to exist; to make sth begin to exist

[V] There are a lot of small businesses starting up in that area.

小型企業在那一地區大量湧現。

[VN] They decided to start a catering business.

他們決定開辦一家酒席承辦公司。

旅行 journey

5 [V] ~ (out)

出發；動身；起程 

to begin a journey; to leave

同義詞： set off, set out

What time are we starting tomorrow?

我們明天什麼時候出發？

走 going/walking

6 [V + adv./prep.] 起身走向；奔向…而去 

to begin to move in a particular direction

I started after her (= began to follow her) to tell her the news.

我起身朝她追去，好把訊息告訴她。

He started for the door, but I blocked his way.

他奔門口而來，但我擋住了他的去路。

方式；地方；層次 in particular way/from place/level

7~ (out/off) (sth) (as sth)

以…起步（或起家）；起初是 

to begin, or to begin sth such as a career, in a particular way that changed later

[V] She started as a secretary but ended up running the department.

她起初只是一個祕書，但最後掌管起了整個部門。

The company started out with 30 employees.

公司創業之初只有30名員工。

[VN] He started life as a teacher before turning to journalism.

他開始當過教師，後來改行搞起了新聞。

8 [V + adv./prep.] （從…）開始；（由…）起 

to begin from a particular place, amount or situation

The trail starts just outside the town.

足跡從剛出城的地方開始。

Hotel prices start at ?50 a night for a double room.

旅館的雙人房間一宿50歐元起價。

The evening started badly when the speaker failed to turn up.

那天晚上的活動一開始挺糟糕，因為演講者沒有來。

突然一動 move suddenly

9 [V] 突然一驚 

to move suddenly and quickly because you are surprised or afraid

同義詞： jump

The sudden noise made her start.

突如其來的聲音嚇了她一跳。