commence

英 [kəˈmens] 美 [kəˈmens]

v.
开始发生;开始;着手

~ (with sth)

(formal) 开始发生；开始；着手
to begin to happen; to begin sth

[V] The meeting is scheduled to commence at noon.

会议定于午间召开。

The day commenced with a welcome from the principal.

那天由校长致欢迎词开始。

I will be on leave during the week commencing 15 February.

我将从2月15日开始一周的休假。

[VN] She commenced her medical career in 1956.

她于1956年开始行医。

[V -ing] We commence building next week.

我们下周破土动工。