"We began working at dawn"
"Who will start?"
"Get working as soon as the sun rises!"
"The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"
"He began early in the day"
"Let's get down to work now"
"The DMZ begins right over the hill"
"The second movement begins after the Allegro"
"Prices for these homes start at $250,000"
"The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"
"The Iraqis began hostilities"
"begin a new chapter in your life"
"Now listen, friends,"
"The number `one' begins the sequence"
"A terrible murder begins the novel"
"The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester"
"WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"
"The company's Asia tour begins next month"
"The novel begins with a murder"
"My property begins with the three maple trees"
"Her day begins with a workout"
"The semester begins with a convocation ceremony"
"begin a cigar"
"She started the soup while it was still hot"
"We started physics in 10th grade"
"This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation"
"You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war"
"She began Russian at an early age"
"We started French in fourth grade"
1.开始；着手
Tobegin to do something means to start doing it.
e.g. He stood up and began to move around the room...
他起身开始在屋里来回走动。
e.g. The weight loss began to look more serious...
体重下降眼看开始变得愈发厉害了。
2.（使）开始（进行或存在）
When somethingbegins or when youbegin it, it takes place from a particular time onwards.
begin
e.g. The problems began last November...
问题在去年11月份开始出现。
e.g. He has just begun his fourth year in hiding...
他东躲西藏的第四个年头刚刚开始。
3.从…开始；从…着手；首先做（某事）
If youbegin with something, orbegin by doing something, this is the first thing you do.
e.g. Could Ibegin with a few formalities?
请允许我开场先讲几句套话。
e.g. ...a businessman who began by selling golf shirts from the boot of his car...
靠他的汽车后备箱练摊兜售高尔夫球衫起家的商人
4.开始说；开口说
You usebegin to mention the first thing that someone says.
e.g. 'Professor Theron,' he began, 'I'm very pleased to see you'...
“西伦教授，”他开口说道，“很高兴见到您。”
e.g. He didn't know how tobegin.
他不知从何说起。
5.起初是；开始是
If one thingbegan as another, it first existed in the form of the second thing.
e.g. What began as a local festival has blossomed into an international event.
原先的地方节日已经发展成为一项国际性活动。
6.（界限或边缘）起始于
If you say that a thing or placebegins somewhere, you are talking about one of its limits or edges.
e.g. The fate line begins close to the wrist...
命运线始于接近手腕的地方。
e.g. Rue Guynemer begins at the front of the Fitzgerald site.
吉内梅街始于菲茨拉德故居前。
7.以…开头；首字母为
If a wordbegins with a particular letter, that is the first letter of that word.
e.g. The first word begins with an F.
第一个词的首字母为F。
8.无法，难以（解释、理解、想象等）
If you say that you cannotbegin to imagine, understand, or explain something, you are emphasizing that it is almost impossible to explain, understand, or imagine.
e.g. You can'tbegin to imagine how much that saddens me.
你都无从想象这让我有多悲伤。
9.最初；刚开始
You useto begin with when you are talking about the first stage of a situation, event, or process.
begin是什么意思
e.g. It was great tobegin with but now it's difficult.
一开始非常好，但现在可就难了。
10.首先；第一
You useto begin with to introduce the first of several things that you want to say.
e.g. 'What do scientists you've spoken with think about that?' — 'Well, tobegin with, they doubt it's going to work.'
“跟你聊过的科学家是怎么看的？”——“嗯，首先，他们怀疑这能否行得通。”
11. charity begins at home -> see charity
begin life -> see life
1. 等：为了能够挖掘出永山尚太的音乐实力,他特地请来的好友上地等(begin)来为单曲谱曲兼制作,自己写词. 初听永山尚太的声音,感觉很温暖阳光.柔韧的声音中带有男人特有的温柔.加之上地等那冲绳味十足的谱曲更加让人想到了冲绳的湛蓝的海面,
2. 开始一个事务块：ANALYZE -- 收集与数据库有关的统计 |begin -- 开始一个事务块 | CHECKPOINT -- 强制一个事务日志检查点
