vt. (使)开始, 得学位

vi. (使)开始, 得学位

[经] 开始

Commence \Com*mence"\ (k[o^]m*m[e^]ns"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Commenced} (k[o^]m*m[e^]nst"); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Commencing}.] [F. commencer, OF. comencier, fr. L. com- +
initiare to begin. See {Initiate}.]
1. To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to
begin.

Here the anthem doth commence. --Shak.

His heaven commences ere the world be past.
--Goldsmith.

2. To begin to be, or to act as. [Archaic]

We commence judges ourselves. --Coleridge.

3. To take a degree at a university. [Eng.]

I question whether the formality of commencing was
used in that age. --Fuller.


Commence \Com*mence"\, v. t.
To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.

Many a wooer doth commence his suit. --Shak.

Note: It is the practice of good writers to use the verbal
noun (instead of the infinitive with to) after
commence; as, he commenced studying, not he commenced
to study.