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startverb(WORK)
B2[IorT](alsostart up)
to (causeto)begintoworkoroperate:
（使）开始工作；开动，启动
I'm havingtroublestarting thecar.我的车发动不起来。
Theenginewon't start.发动机启动不了。
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Grammar
Beginorstart?
We can use the verbs begin and start to mean the same thing but begin is more formal than start. Begin is an irregular verb. Its past simple form is began and its -ed form is begun:…
Phrasal verbs
start(something)off
startsomeoneoff
start onsomething
start on atsomeone
start out
start over
start (something) up
start
noun
uk/stɑːt/us/stɑːrt/
startnoun(BEGINNING)
B1[S]
thebeginningof something:
开始，开端，开头
We weredoubtfulabout the product'susefulnessfromthe start.从一开始我们就对这个产品的效用抱有疑问。
The model suggests that rebelsstartoff as ordinary robbers.
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Subsequent step sizes approximately halved the difference between the prior two reversals or starting points.
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When the server starts up, it parses the configuration file, and if there are no errors found, immediately starts serving requests.
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Participants took a break between the two conditions and then completed the other modality, starting again with six new training items.
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The reversal is supposed tostartinstantaneously and to run at exactly the same speed as the forward simulation.
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We used principal-factor analysis (starting with squared multiple correlations as the prior communality estimates) to extract the principal factors from the 17 premenstrual symptoms.
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The dashed line is the theoretical total nuclei assuming all neurons survive and astrogliastartat zero.
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Only then need the lawyerstartto think about the nature of any kind of defence strategy.
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The themes are: first, critical assessment muststartfrom subjects' understanding; second, a modal fallacy; and third, fallacies of distribution.
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At this point, things started to fall into place.
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I intend my remarks as suggestions for expanding the argument - and perhaps the research - beyond the promisingstartmade here.
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Unlike pharmaceutical products, new interventional procedures maystartto disseminate with little published evidence (1).
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The usual technique for analysing the problem defined above starts with the derivation of a single equation for the vertical velocity component.
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We also assume without loss of generality that the path describing the boundary starts and ends at the same vertical height.
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Four children under 5 years have started visiting the dentist, but the remaining ten in this age group are still too young.
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Collocationswithstart
start
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auspicious start
Following itsauspiciousstart, medieval music retained pride of place in twentieth-century musicology.
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consecutive start
He was injured during his 7th game and sidelined for the rest of the season, thereby snapping a 67 game consecutive start streak.
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delayed start
This debate has been rather shorter than usual because of the delayed start.
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