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

• Development commences using a Jeep chassis with a Rover car engine.
  一开始是使用Jeep的底盘和Rover的发动机。
• At the latter point, a strong wind commences to blow away from the explosion.
  在后一点，开始有一股强烈的风从爆炸处吹来。
• When stasis commences, it is all over brothers, so make those choices now.
  当停滞期开始，黑暗兄弟们，一切就结束了，所以现在就做决定吧。
• On this high note the puppet show commences.
  木偶戏就在这阵高昂的调子里开场了。
• When editorial review commences, that's where you come in.
  编辑复审开始时，那有你要做的工作。
• 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。
• The word commences with a vowel.
  这个词开头是元音。
• Seed development in most instances commences following fertilization of the ovule.
  大多数种子的形成是从胚珠受精开始的。
• 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。
• A new cycle commences on April4th synchronizing with the new moon.
  新的周期从4月4号开始，和新月同时。