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begin的过去分词
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Begin \Be*gin"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Began}, {Begun}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Beginning}.] [AS. beginnan (akin to OS. biginnan, D.
& G. beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna,
Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. [root]31. See
{Gin} to begin.]
1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to
take rise; to commence.
Vast chain of being! which from God began. --Pope.
2. To do the first act or the first part of an action; to
enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or
state of being, or course of action; to take the first
step; to start. ``Tears began to flow.'' --Dryden.
When I begin, I will also make an end. --1 Sam. iii.
12.
Begun \Be*gun"\,
p. p. of {Begin}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
begin
v 1: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "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" [syn: {get down}, {get}, {start
out}, {start}, {set about}, {set out}, {commence}] [ant:
{end}]
2: have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative
sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second
movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these
homes start at $250,000" [syn: {start}] [ant: {end}]
3: set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in
the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a
new chapter in your life" [syn: {lead off}, {start}, {commence}]
[ant: {end}]
4: begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began
5: be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or
start, come first in a series; "The number 'one' begins
the sequence"; "A terrible murder begins the novel"; "The
convocation ceremoney officially begins the semester"
6: have a beginning, of a temporal event; "WWII began in 1939
when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour
begins next month"
7: have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The
novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the
three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a work-out"; "The
semester begins with a convocation ceremony" [syn: {start}]
8: begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or
inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar";
"She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started
physics in 10th grade" [syn: {start}]
9: achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in
the negative; "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"
10: begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She
began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in
fourth grade"
[also: {begun}, {beginning}, {began}]
begun
See {begin}