1.take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;
We began working at dawn
2.have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense;
The DMZ begins right over the hill
3.set in motion, cause to start;
The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
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
6.have a beginning, of a temporal event;
WWII began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland
7.have a beginning characterized in some specified way;
The novel begins with a murder
8.begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object;
begin a cigar
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
10. begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language;
She began Russian at an early age
語法標注解釋begin詞典解釋 及物動詞vt. 1.開始,著手;動手[+v-ing][+to-v] When did you beginlearning English? 你何時開始學英語的? He is about to beginhis term as President. 他即將開始他的總統任期。 After breakfast it beganto snow. 早飯后開始下起雪來。 2.創建;使開始 They beganthe club about four years ago. 他們大約在四年前創辦該俱樂部的。 不及物動詞vi. 1.開始;開始進行 The concert beganat 8 p.m.