It started to rain.

下起雨来了.

I used to start work at 9 o'clock every day.

我过去常在每天9：00开始工作。

We are just about to start.

我们正要出发。

She started at the sound of my voice.

她听到了我的声音，蓦地一惊。

He knew from the start the idea was hopeless.

一开始他就知道这主意行不通。

What a start you gave me!

你吓了我一大跳！

He has a good start in business.

他在生意上起步时占了很大的优势。

The money gave him just the start he needed.

这笔钱正是他起步所需要的。

I start work at nine.

我每天九点开始工作。

He's just started a new job.

他刚刚着手一项新工作。

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

我昨天才开始看这本书。

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

我们得新开一罐咖啡了。

The kids start school next week.

孩子们下星期开学。

It started to rain.

下起雨来了。

Mistakes were starting to creep in.

不知不觉间，开始出错了。

She started laughing.

她笑了起来。

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

说来话长。我从哪儿说起呢？

It's time you started on your homework.

你该做功课了。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

She put the bottle on the table, banging it down hard. He started at the sound...

她砰的一声把瓶子放到了桌子上，把他吓了一跳。

Rachel started forward on the sofa. 'u2014 'You mean you've arrested Pete?'

雷切尔从沙发上猛地往前一欠身子。——“你的意思是你已经抓到了皮特?”

You must get her name and address, and that can be a problem for a start...

你必须先打听到她的姓名和地址，而那可能就是第一个难题。

It comes as a surprise to be reminded that he is 70. For a start, he doesn't look it...

有人提醒我他 70 岁了，这很令人惊讶。首先，他看上去不像。

The new Prime Minister has got off to a good start, but he still has to demonstrate what manner of leader he is going to be...

新首相上任后开了个好头，但他仍得展现出自己的执政风格。

England got off to a bad start in the Five Nations' Championship, losing 35-10 to France.

英格兰队在五国锦标赛中开局不利，以 10 比 35 输给了法国队。

To start with, the pressure on her was very heavy, but it's eased off a bit now...

一开始，她的压力很大，但现在已经好些了。

Success was assured and, at least to start with, the system operated smoothly.

成功有保证了，至少该系统一开始运行得挺顺利。

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

1. Well,I think we ought to be starting.
   嗯,我看我们该出发了。
2. The ship started.
   船开了。
3. When the rain started the crowd swarmed back into the hotel.
   雨一开始下,人群就拥回旅社。
4. He says he can smell out trouble before it starts.
   他说他能在麻烦事儿发生之前就察觉出来。
5. It's no good sighing about your failure, it is better to start again.
   为失败叹息毫无益处,最好是从头做起。
6. The car will not start.
   汽车发动不起来。
7. The engine won't start.
   引擎发动不起来。
8. At last the bus started.
   公共汽车终于启程了。
9. Someone spoke to me suddenly and I started.
   有人突然和我说话,吓了我一跳。
10. Her mother started when she heard the door open.
    她母亲听到门开了,吓了一跳。
11. He started at a loud noise.
    他被一声巨响吓了一跳。
12. We start tomorrow.
    我们明天动身。
13. I start to earn my own living this very afternoon.
    就在今天下午我要开始自己挣钱了。
14. When are you starting?
    你什么时候动身?
15. The train is starting in five minutes.
    火车过五分钟就要开了。

用作系动词S+～+ adj.

1. If you want to be a champion swimmer you've got to start young.
   如果你想成为一名游泳冠军,必须从小就开始训练。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. Once he started a job, he saw it through till it was finished.
   只要他着手做一件事,就非做完不可。
2. We started the climb in the early morning of the next day.
   第二天一早,我们就开始爬山了。
3. The enemy were still asleep when we started the attack.
   我们发动进攻时敌人还在睡觉。
4. Let's start the meal. Who is going to serve?
   我们开饭吧。谁来上菜呢?
5. Will you please start this engine?
   请你启动这台发动机好吗?
6. Before you start the truck, you must check the engine.
   发动卡车前,必须检查发动机。
7. We'll start our journey as soon as you are ready.
   你一准备好,我们就启程去旅行。
8. A rich man started the enterprise.
   一位有钱人创办了这家企业。
9. What started the fire?
   火灾是怎么引起的?
10. A single spark can start a prairie fire.
    星星之火,可以燎原。
11. We made a loud cry to start the hare.
    我们高声大喊以惊起那只野兔。
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12. The fire was started by a small child who had set some paper alight while playing with matches.
    大火是由一个玩火柴把纸点燃的小孩引起的。

S+～+to- v

1. Next, they started to construct the main canal.
   然后他们开始修建主渠。
2. When shall we start to get in the rice?
   我们什么时候开始收割稻子?
3. The students started to switch off after the first speech.
   学生们听完第一个人发言后就开始心不在焉了。
4. Adden switched off the radio and started to concentrate on his homework.
   阿顿关掉收音机聚精会神地做功课。
5. They have started to survey the country that the new motorway will pass through.
   他们已开始测量这条新高速公路将要通过的农村。
6. People started to stock up when a shortage of food was reported.
   食品短缺报道后,人们开始贮备食品。
7. The ice started to melt.
   冰开始融化了。
8. The wounds started to bleed again.
   伤口又开始流出血来。
9. The rubber trees they had planted were just starting to yield.
   他们种的橡胶树刚开始产胶。

S+～+ v -ing

1. As soon as we got there, it started raining.
   我们一到那儿,天就下起雨来。
2. They started working harder than ever.
   他们更加起劲地干起来了。
3. She picked her embroidery and started stitching.
   她拿起刺绣活开始刺绣。
4. She started working at the mill at 13, just after liberation.
   她13岁时开始在厂里干活,那时刚解放。

用作宾补动词S+～+ n./pron. + v -ing

1. His criticism started me thinking seriously.
   他的批评引起我认真思考。
2. Any such news would start him worrying.
   任何这类消息都会使他忧虑。
3. It might be desirable to start the class discussing the different characters in a novel.
   让全班讨论一部小说中的各种人物或许是可取的。
4. He quickly started the engine working by pressing a button.
   他按下按钮,引擎就很快地发动起来。
5. You slide your coin into the machine here, and that is supposed to start it working.
   你把硬币插入机器,这样机器就可以开动了。

1. It was love from the very start.
   一见钟情。
2. Everything is difficult at the start.
   万事开头难。
3. The new system was confronted with great difficulties at the start.
   这项新系统刚开始就遇到了很大的困难。
4. We're only at the start in our house-hunting.
   我们找房子的事刚刚开始。
5. The runners lined up at the start.
   赛跑选手在起跑线排成一行。
6. From the start, the plan was doomed to failure.
   这个计划从一开始就注定要失败。
7. They were bent on an early start the next day.
   他们打定主意第二天一早动身。
8. An early start will get us well ahead before the crowds.
   早点动身,我们会远远走在人们的前面。
9. We've made a good start; now it's time to consolidate.
   我们有了一个良好的开端,现在应该加以巩固。
10. The project jumped off to a good start.
    工程很顺利地开始了。
11. After a slow start, the team really opened up and hit 180 in two hours.
    该队开场打得不好,但后来发挥得非常出色,在两小时内打了180分。
12. Let's see how fast you can pick up from a standing start.
    看看你站着起跑后能加速多快。
13. It's getting late; we'd better make a start on the cooking.
    天色渐晚,我们最好着手做饭。
14. “How much start did they give you?”“Not much,only 10 yards.”
    “他们让你先跑几码?”“不多,只有10码。”
15. They didn't give him much start.
    他们并没有给他许多有利条件。
16. The thieves have a three-hour start on us so their track will be hard to follow.
    小偷已走了三个小时,追踪起来很困难。
17. I woke up from the bad dream with a start.
    我从噩梦中惊醒。
18. She gave a shuddering start as she became aware of someone standing behind her.
    当她觉察到有人站在背后时,她吓得浑身一打战。

～+of n.

1. We missed the start of the movie.
   我们没看到电影的开头部分。
2. The sound of the gun was the signal for the start of the race.
   枪声是起跑的信号。
3. You must enroll your child before the start of the school term.
   你必须在学期开始前给孩子注册。

start back (v.+adv.)

后退; 突然后退 recoil; move back suddenlyThe noise made him start back.他一听到那吵闹声就退了回去。

start for (v.+prep.)

动身去 begin a journey to a place
start for sth

I am on the point of starting for London.

我即将启程去伦敦。

He started for his holiday with a light heart.

他怀着轻松的心情动身去度假。

start in (v.+adv.)

开始工作〔活动,做事〕 begin work, activity, or doing sth
start in

If we start in at once, we can get the job finished early.

如果我们立即开始,我们就能早些结束这件工作。

The children started in on the food without waiting for an invitation.

孩子们不等人请便开始吃了起来。

start off (v.+adv.)

迅速跑开 move quickly away
start off

They started off at dawn next day.

他们第二天拂晓出发了。

Don't start off without telling me.

别不告诉我一声就出发。

start sth ⇔ off with sth

Let's start the party off with a song.

让我们首先唱支歌儿来开始今天的聚会。

start off by v-ing

I'll start off by using this piece of wood.

我用这块木料开始做。

The story-teller started off by describing a beautiful princess.

讲故事的人从描述一个美丽的公主讲起。

start off

The rabbit started off as soon as it smelt the dogs.

兔子一嗅到有狗的气味便迅速跑开了。

A hare started off into the forest.

一只野兔钻入树林。

start out (v.+adv.)

开始〔着手〕做 begin with the intention
start out

My younger sister started out for school on her bicycle.

我妹妹骑自行车出发到学校去了。

start out to-v

He started out to write a novel.

他着手写一部小说。

We must start out to support the just struggle.

我们一定要行动起来支持正义斗争。

start out of (v.+adv.+prep.)

突然离开(某处) leave somewhere suddenly
start out of sth

His eyes nearly started out of his head when he saw the terrible sight.

当他看见那恐怖的景象时他的眼睛都快蹦出来了。

Blood started out of the wound.

伤口突然往外冒起血来。

start over (v.+adv.)

重新开始 begin again
start over

After the fire, we had to start over and build the business again from the beginning.

那场火灾之后,我们不得不再从头开始重建。

Let's start over and see if we can get it right this time.

咱们从头再来一遍,看看是否这次能做对。

start something

惹事,惹麻烦 begin a fight, an argument, trouble, etc.

start up (v.+adv.)

开始; 着手 begin; open; undertake
start up

He started up in alarm.

他惊恐得蹦了起来。

A hare started up at his feet and raced off.

有只野兔突然一蹦就跑掉了。

The sudden ringing of the telephone made me start up.

突然响起的电话铃声吓了我一跳。

start up

The machines all started up at the same time.

机器都在同一时刻开始了运转。

start sth ⇔ up

She started the car up.

她发动了汽车。

We couldn't start up the tractor this morning.

今天早晨我们没能够把拖拉机发动起来。

start sth ⇔ up

He has started up a new business.

他开办了一项新业务。

They have decided to start up a nursery in the factory.

他们已决定要在工厂里开办一个托儿所。

for a start

首先 as a first point

from start to finish

自始至终 all the time

get off to a good〔bad〕, etc. start

开始时很好〔不好等〕 start well, badly, etc.

make a fresh start

重新做; 白手起家 start from the beginning

～+名词

• start%20a%20dinner">start a dinner开始吃饭
• start%20a%20discussion">start a discussion开始讨论
• start%20a%20dog">start a dog惊动狗
• start%20a%20hare">start a hare惊动野兔
• start%20a%20machine">start a machine发动机器
• start%20a%20motor">start a motor发动马达
• start%20a%20race">start a race开始赛跑
• start%20a%20season">start a season开始一个季节
• start%20a%20shop">start a shop开始营业
• start%20a%20war">start a war发动战争
• start%20air%20services">start air services开办航空业务
• start%20car">start car发动汽车
• start%20climb">start climb开始攀登
• start%20enterprise">start enterprise创办企业
• start%20fire">start fire引起火灾
• start%20firm">start firm创办公司
• start%20newspaper">start newspaper创办报纸
• start%20school">start school开始上学
• start%20the%20engine">start the engine发动机器
• start%20the%20war">start the war引起战争
• start%20work">start work开始工作

～+副词

• start%20blindly">start blindly盲目地开始
• start%20bravely">start bravely勇敢地开始
• start%20completely">start completely完全开始
• start%20decisively">start decisively果断地开始
• start%20deliberately">start deliberately审慎地开始
• start%20distractedly">start distractedly思想不集中地开始
• start%20dramatically">start dramatically戏剧性地开始
• start%20elatedly">start elatedly兴高采烈地开始
• start%20fitfully">start fitfully间歇性地开始
• start%20immediately">start immediately立即开始
• start%20impetuously">start impetuously急躁地开始
• start%20impulsively">start impulsively冲动地开始
• start%20involuntarily">start involuntarily不情愿地开始
• start%20jauntily">start jauntily满怀信心地开始
• start%20painfully">start painfully痛苦地开始
• start%20passively">start passively被动地开始
• start%20patiently">start patiently耐心地开始
• start%20peacefully">start peacefully平静地开始
• start%20philosophically">start philosophically冷静地开始
• start%20pleasantly">start pleasantly高兴地开始
• start%20precipitately">start precipitately突然地开始
• start%20quickly">start quickly迅速地开始
• start%20recklessly">start recklessly轻率地开始
• start%20reluctantly">start reluctantly勉强地开始
• start%20scientifically">start scientifically科学地开始
• start%20simultaneously">start simultaneously同时开始
• start%20suddenly">start suddenly突然开始
• start%20fearfully">start fearfully可怕地开始
• start%20temporarily">start temporarily暂时开始
• start%20violently">start violently猛烈地开始
• start%20in%20to%20rain">start in to rain下起雨来
• start%20off">start off开始出发,动身
• start%20out">start out开始,着手,出发
• start%20out%20to%20write%20a%20novel">start out to write a novel着手写小说
• start%20up">start up开动,惊跳起来

～+副词+介词

• start%20back%20for">start back for动身回…去
• start%20in%20on%20sb">start in on sb开始责备某人
• start%20off%20at%20one%27s%20work">start off at one's work开始工作
• start%20off%20for%20a%20journey">start off for a journey启程
• start%20off%20for%20Beijing">start off for Beijing动身去北京
• start%20off%20with">start off with从…开始
• start%20out%20of%20one%27s%20sleep">start out of one's sleep从睡梦中惊醒
• start%20out%20of%20the%20head">start out of the head从头上蹦出来
• start%20out%20of%20the%20wound">start out of the wound从伤口流出
• start%20up%20from%20the%20seat">start up from the seat从座位上惊跳起来

～+介词

• start%20as">start as以…开始
• start%20as%20a%20secretary">start as a secretary开始当秘书
• start%20as%20workers">start as workers开始当工人
• start%20for">start for动身去(某处)
• start%20for%20the%20airport">start for the airport动身去机场
• start%20from">start from从(某处)出发
• start%20from%20a%20small%20village">start from a small village从一个小村子出发
• start%20from%20one%27s%20chair">start from one's chair从椅子上跳起
• start%20from%20the%20bushes">start from the bushes从灌木里冲出
• start%20from%20the%20house">start from the house从家里出发
• start%20from%20the%20idea">start from the idea从这个想法出发
• start%20from%20sleep">start from sleep惊醒
• start%20from%20the%20station">start from the station从车站出发
• start%20in">start in使着手做一件工作
• start%20in%20business">start in business开始营业
• start%20in%20life">start in life步入人生
• start%20sb%20in%20business">start sb in business借钱使某人做生意
• start%20on">start on着手做(某事)
• start%20on%20a%20tour%20in%20China">start on a tour in China开始在中国的旅游
• start%20on%20another%20case">start on another case着手办另一件案子
• start%20on%20one%27s%20journey">start on one's journey开始旅行
• start%20with">start with从…开始,从…着手
• start%20with%20a%20slight%20cough">start with a slight cough从轻微咳嗽开始

动词+～

• start%20of%20sb">get the start of sb比某人领先,占某人的上风
• start">give sb a start吓某人一跳
• start%20of%20sb">have the start of sb比某人领先,占某人的上风
• start">make a bad start开端坏
• start">make a good start开端好
• start">make a new start重新开始
• start">take a fresh start重新开始

形容词+～

• start">answering start相应的开端
• start">convulsive start骤然启动
• start">guilty start有罪的开端
• start">hopeful start有希望的开端
• start">infinite start无限的震惊
• start">involuntary start不由自主的开端
• start">longing start渴望的开端
• start">painful start痛苦的开端
• start">palpable start明显的开端
• start">reluctant start勉强的开端
• start">slight start轻微的一惊
• start">sudden start突如其来的震惊
• start">terrified start受惊的跳起
• start">theatrical start戏剧性的开端
• start">tremulous start激动的开端
• start">trouble start伤脑筋的开端
• start">undisguised start不加掩饰的惊异
• start">wrong start错误的开端

介词+～

• start%20of%20the%20war">after the start of the war战争开始后
• start">at the start当初
• start">for a start首先,第一点
• start%20to%20finish">from start to finish自始至终
• start">with a start猛地,吃惊地
• start">awake with a start惊醒

～+介词

• start%20in%20business">a start in business事业的开始
• start%20in%20life">a start in life事业的开始,开始谋生
• start%20of%20a%20race">the start of a race起跑

• With a start, Nat Abrahams became aware of Wanda's presence behind him.

  出自：I. Wallace

• I fell asleep, only to wake with a start.

  出自：W. Styron

• She had seen Meg..start suddenly out of a thicket.

  出自：Sir W. Scott

• At intervals, some bird..starts into voice.

  出自：Byron

• At the inevitable hour, Laurel started from her bed.

  出自：E. Welty

参观

A：The tour should last about an hour and a half .
这次参观大概需要一个半小时。

B：I‘m really looking forward to this.
我期待这次参观已久了。

A：We canstart over here.
我们可以从这里开始。

B：I‘ll just follow you.
我跟着你就是。

参观

A：thank for coming today.
谢谢您今天的莅临。

B：I‘ll wanted to see your factory for a long time.
好久就想来看看你们的工厂了。

A：we canstart any time you‘re ready.
只要你准备好了，我们随时可以开始。

B：I‘m all set.
我都准备好了。

订货

start是什么意思

A：What is your best price on this item ?
此一品目的最低价是多少？

B：$24.95 per hundred pieces
一百个美金二十四块九毛五。

A：That will be fine with us .
这价钱还可以。

B：Fine . I‘llstart the paperwork for your order right away .
好啊，那我立刻就为你们的订单作准备了。