| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_to-start-to-do-something |
| 释义 | to start to do somethingThese words are all used when you start to do something. One of the most common words for this is begin. I'll begin working on the project this weekend. We've been waiting for an hour! I'm beginning to feel slighted. You can also use start this way. Both begin and start are very common verbs that describe someone starting to do something. Have you started your homework yet? She started thinking about her university days, and suddenly found herself feeling quite sad. One opposite of both start and begin is stop. Stop bothering your brother! I had just started weeding the garden when I hurt my hand and had to stop. For more opposites of begin and start, see the article at stop. Commence is a formal way to talk about starting to do something. It is often used humorously. We commenced listening to Uncle Jim's long story, knowing we were in for it now. He commenced to tell me I was completely wrong, even though this was my field of study. In formal language, if you embark on or upon something, you begin to do something new or very important. That fateful morning, she embarked upon the longest solo climb in history. Many students will embark upon entirely new fields of study in university. You can also use enter on something or enter upon something to talk about when you start to do something, or when you first got involved in something. Enter on/upon something is used in formal language. With his diagnosis, we entered upon the most difficult time of our lives. She entered on a teaching career directly out of university. If you open something, you do something that causes it to begin. I'd like to open the meeting by thanking our hosts. We opened talks with the prospective buyer last week. If you start doing something very quickly, you can use the phrase get cracking. If you begin to do something very quickly with a lot of enthusiasm but not much thought, you can say that you are diving in or diving into it. "Do you have that report for me?" "Not yet, but I'll get cracking on it right now." The paper is due in three hours? Well, I'd better get cracking. He just dives into assembling the furniture without taking a single look at the instructions first. We needed someone to open the kitchen in the morning and the new girl just dived right in. When you're starting to do work, or starting to deal with a large task or issue, you can say that you are setting about something. If you are starting work, or starting it again after a short delay or interruption, you can say that you are getting on with something. Get on with something is used in speech more than set about something is. She set about trying to change her password on her work computer. I'd love to chat, but I really should be getting on with this paperwork. If you are starting to do something in order to get other people to join you, you can say that you are starting, setting, or getting the ball rolling. In slightly more formal language, you can say that you are putting or setting something in motion when you start to do something new, and especially when you start a new process. Well, since it's my meeting, I'll get the ball rolling by asking if anyone has anything they'd like to bring up before we get into the agenda. After the accident on the factory floor, the committee put in motion a new safety protocol. For more words that describe things beginning, see the article at start. Related articlesthe start of something |
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