commencing
present participle ofcommence
| 单词 | commencing |
| 释义 | commencing present participle ofcommence commence verb[IorT] formaluk/kəˈmens/us/kəˈmens/C2 tobeginsomething: We will commencebuildingworkinAugustof nextyear. Shall weletthemeetingcommence? [+ -ing verb]Unfortunately, he commencedspeakingbefore all theguestshadfinishedeating. Starting and beginning
Examplesofcommencingcommencing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. His creatures are interactive with other machines,commencingwith simple patterns of behaviour and evolving to more complex ones. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, for example, for the group of unionscommencing10 years ago, information is available only on those that are still intact. From theCambridge English Corpus We stressed that involvement was optional beforecommencinginterviews and through an introductory letter. From theCambridge English Corpus The second special ethical problem facing the animal researchercommencingan experiment is that the hoped-for benefits of the research still lie in the future. From theCambridge English Corpus Observations were made at midday (with recordingcommencing15 min before) and at dusk for both species. From theCambridge English Corpus Then,commencingin 1998, we will move to a schedule of publication of six issues per volume. From theCambridge English Corpus It is important to take into account both the age of the patient and symptoms beforecommencingthyroxine therapy. From theCambridge English Corpus Maximum follow-up from the time ofcommencingtreatment was 5.9 years with a median of 1.3 years. From theCambridge English Corpus Most states had explicit requirements regarding how much stock had to be subscribed, and how much actually had to be paid in beforecommencingbusiness. From theCambridge English Corpus Beforecommencingthe test, they were shown a correctly completed example. From theCambridge English Corpus The human tourist invokes an instance of a tourist software agent oncommencinga consultation session. From theCambridge English Corpus Any food intakecommencingafter this time was considered to be calorie intake after the evening meal. From theCambridge English Corpus Levels of attrition from referral for counselling tocommencingwere relatively high (188 invitations: 89 took up counselling). From theCambridge English Corpus Three pairs of shallow lateral glabellar furrows developed, allcommencingat axial furrows. From theCambridge English Corpus Beforecommencingthe experiment, the participants were asked to repeat each word in order to test the reproduction of the items. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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