v.开始，着手，动手(做或使用);(使)发生，开始进行;开动;发动;启动
n.开头;开端;开始;起始优势;良好的基础条件
第三人称单数： starts 现在分词： starting 过去式： started 过去分词： started
做事 doing sth
1 开始，着手，动手（做或使用）
to begin doing or using sth
[VN] 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。
[V to inf] 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。
[V -ing] She started laughing.
她笑了起来。
[V] 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。
Let's start by reviewing what we did last week.
我们开始先来复习一下上星期学的内容。
Can you start (= a new job) on Monday?
你可以星期一就来上班吗？
[V-ADJ] The best professional musicians start young .
卓有成就的音乐家很早就接触音乐。
note at begin
发生 happening
2 使）发生，开始进行
to start happening; to make sth start happening
[V] When does the class start?
什么时候上课？
Have you any idea where the rumour started?
你知不知道谣言是从哪儿传出来的？
[VN] Who started the fire?
谁放的火？
Do you start the day with a good breakfast?
你早晨起来会先好好吃一顿早饭吗？
You're always trying to start an argument.
你总是想挑起争论。
[VN -ing] The news started me thinking.
那条消息让我思考起来。
机器；车辆 machine/vehicle
3 开动；发动；启动
when you start a machine or a vehicle or it starts , it begins to operate
[VN] Start the engines!
发动引擎！
I can't get the car started.
这辆车我发动不起来。
[V] The car won't start.
这辆车发动不起来。
存在 existing
4 ~ (sth) (up)
（使）出现；发起；创办；开办
to begin to exist; to make sth begin to exist
[V] There are a lot of small businesses starting up in that area.
小型企业在那一地区大量涌现。
[VN] They decided to start a catering business.
他们决定开办一家酒席承办公司。
旅行 journey
5 [V] ~ (out)
出发；动身；起程
to begin a journey; to leave
同义词： set off, set out
What time are we starting tomorrow?
我们明天什么时候出发？
走 going/walking
6 [V + adv./prep.] 起身走向；奔向…而去
to begin to move in a particular direction
I started after her (= began to follow her) to tell her the news.
我起身朝她追去，好把消息告诉她。
He started for the door, but I blocked his way.
他奔门口而来，但我挡住了他的去路。
方式；地方；层次 in particular way/from place/level
7~ (out/off) (sth) (as sth)
以…起步（或起家）；起初是
to begin, or to begin sth such as a career, in a particular way that changed later
[V] She started as a secretary but ended up running the department.
她起初只是一个秘书，但最后掌管起了整个部门。
The company started out with 30 employees.
公司创业之初只有30名员工。
[VN] He started life as a teacher before turning to journalism.
他开始当过教师，后来改行搞起了新闻。
8 [V + adv./prep.] （从…）开始；（由…）起
to begin from a particular place, amount or situation
The trail starts just outside the town.
足迹从刚出城的地方开始。
Hotel prices start at ?50 a night for a double room.
旅馆的双人房间一宿50欧元起价。
The evening started badly when the speaker failed to turn up.
那天晚上的活动一开始挺糟糕，因为演讲者没有来。
突然一动 move suddenly
9 [V] 突然一惊
to move suddenly and quickly because you are surprised or afraid
同义词： jump
The sudden noise made her start.
突如其来的声音吓了她一跳。
