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

• Service revenue recognition commences upon the launch date of the related service.
  服务收入的确认可依据服务发生的开始日期。
• The changes will affect all applications for Australian citizenship made on and after the date the new legislation commences.
  新法中的政策变化将影响到所有新法起始日及其以后递交的澳洲公民权申请。
• What love commences can be finished by God alone.
  爱所开始的只能由上帝来完成。
• Once the baseline activities are done, the build process commences.
  一旦基线活动完成，构建过程就开始了。
• The word commences with a vowel.
  这个词开头是元音。
• When stasis commences, it is all over brothers, so make those choices now.
  当停滞期开始，黑暗兄弟们，一切就结束了，所以现在就做决定吧。
• 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。
• 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。
• Education commences at the mother's knee.
  教育始于母亲膝下。
• At the latter point, a strong wind commences to blow away from the explosion.
  在后一点，开始有一股强烈的风从爆炸处吹来。