commences

英 [kəˈmensɪz]

美 [kəˈmensɪz]

v.  开始发生; 开始; 着手
commence的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG 开始
  When somethingcommencesor youcommenceit, it begins.
  1. The academic year commences at the beginning of October...
     学年于10月初开始。
  2. They commenced a systematic search...
     他们开始进行彻底搜查。
  3. The hunter knelt beside the animal carcass and commenced to skin it.
     猎人跪在动物尸体旁边，开始剥皮。

Commence,start, andbeginall have a similar meaning, althoughcommenceis more formal and is not normally used in conversation.The meeting is ready to begin... He tore the list up and started a fresh one. ...an alternative to commencing the process of European integration.Note thatbegin,start, andcommencecan all be followed by an -ing form or a noun, but onlybeginandstartcan be followed by a 'to' infinitive.
commence, start 和 begin 三个词意思相近，不过 commence 一词更为正式，通常不用于对话中。例如，The meeting is ready to begin (会议可以开始了)，He tore the list up and started a fresh one (他把清单撕碎，然后另列一张)，an alternative to commencing the process of European integration (启动欧洲一体化进程的另一种方式)。注意 begin, start 和 commence 都能后接动词的 -ing 形式或名词，但只有 begin 和 start 才能后接不定式。

双语例句

• The necessary modifications can then be made before actual product development commences.
  在实际开发产品之前，可以做必要的修改。
• The academic year commences at the beginning of October
  学年于10月初开始。
• Education commences at the mother's knee.
  教育始于母亲膝下。
• When editorial review commences, that's where you come in.
  编辑复审开始时，那有你要做的工作。
• Recently one of famous web entry commences an anti-phishing activity.
  近日某知名网站入口发起反网路钓鱼的活动。
• The lawyers are preparing for the trial, which commences in30 days.
  律师们正在为这场将于30天后开始的审判进行准备。
• Once the contract is signed and a deposit has been received, the manufacturing commences with the moulding of the structural elements by the Lamination Department.
  一旦合同签订和并收到定金，层压部门便开始结构部件的成型。
• Yes. So commences the new philosophy!
  不错，新的哲学就像这样开始了！
• Development commences using a Jeep chassis with a Rover car engine.
  一开始是使用Jeep的底盘和Rover的发动机。
• The day on which the limitation period commences is not included in the period.
  时效期限开始之日不计算在期限内。