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

• Recently one of famous web entry commences an anti-phishing activity.
  近日某知名网站入口发起反网路钓鱼的活动。
• Furthermore, it commences a long-term relationship with one of the most prestigious names in the automotive industry.
  此外，它开始建立长期合作关系，与其中最负盛名的名字，在汽车行业。
• The changes will affect all applications for Australian citizenship made on and after the date the new legislation commences.
  新法中的政策变化将影响到所有新法起始日及其以后递交的澳洲公民权申请。
• The lawyers are preparing for the trial, which commences in30 days.
  律师们正在为这场将于30天后开始的审判进行准备。
• It commences at the start of the first term, that is, towards the end of February.
  它开始，也就是接近2月底在第一个任期的开始。
• On this high note the puppet show commences.
  木偶戏就在这阵高昂的调子里开场了。
• The method commences with the extraction of the existing knowledge base from the rules engine.
  此方法首先从规则引擎中取得已有知识库。
• The academic year commences at the beginning of October
  学年于10月初开始。
• Once the contract is signed and a deposit has been received, the manufacturing commences with the moulding of the structural elements by the Lamination Department.
  一旦合同签订和并收到定金，层压部门便开始结构部件的成型。
• Which vaccine should be firstly inoculated after baby's birth? In the joking commences a rottenness.
  知道给新出生的婴儿接种什么疫苗吗？一开玩笑就会出现不好的苗头。