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词汇 commencement
释义 commencement
noun
uk /kəˈmens.mənt/ us /kəˈmens.mənt/
[ C or U ]formal
the beginning of something: 开始,开端,开头
Would passengers please turn off their mobile phones before the commencement of the flight.请乘客们在飞机起飞前关闭手机。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

the start of something
beginningLet's go back to the beginning. Can you tell me when you arrived at the crime scene?
startI didn't like him from the very start.
endThis is it – the end of the tour.
openingThe opening of the ceremony was marred by protest.
commencementWhat is the commencement date of their contract?
kick-offWhat time is the kick-off for the banquet and show?
[ C ]US
a ceremony at which students formally receive their degrees学位授予典礼;毕业典礼
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Beginnings and starts
a baptism of/by fireidiom
advent
baptism
beginning
birth
dawn
initiation
introduction
jumping-off point
kick off
onset
opening
outbreak
square
starter
starting time
the thin end of the wedgeidiom
thin
trigger
zero hour

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Ceremonies

commencement | American Dictionary


commencement
noun[ C/U ]
us/kəˈmens·mənt/
fml the beginning of something:
the Senate's commencement of closed-door deliberations
A commencement is also a ceremony at which students formally receive their diplomas (= documents to show they have successfully completed their studies).

Examples of commencement


commencement
The reverse also happens; and very plausible schemes with very pleasing commencements have often shameful and lamentable conclusions.
Members still enjoy freedom from arrest for a period extending from 40 days before the commencement of a session to 40 days after it.
Participants suggested that students should be directed to take realistic streams of study at the commencement of their programmes.
At its commencement in 1997, it was rare to find musical uses of technologies within schools that challenged established practices.
Moreover, the rights of subjects should be protected, and issues related to justice addressed before and after the commencement of clinical trials.
All patients received antiinflammatory agents, and echocardiography was performed within 10 days of diagnosis and commencement of treatment.
I had been teaching many of the students for upwards of six years prior to the commencement of data collection.
At the commencement of the emergence trial, germinated seeds (radicle protrusion of 1-2 mm) were selected from each treatment and planted.
On average, there were 3-4 weight measurements taken for each animal prior to the commencement of experimental feeding available for each animal.
Twenty-four practice trials were given to the participants prior to the commencement of the actual testing.
Whatever the solution, it should be resolved prior to the commencement of the review.
By convention, intervals were allocated to the age and parity of women at the commencement of an interval.
There was fibrous interruption at the commencement of the right bundle branch, which was considered the basis of the bundle branch block.
Finally, if a definitive diagnosis is established sooner, it is possible that morbidity is reduced due to earlier commencement of appropriate therapies.
A block of 15 practice trials was administered to each subject prior to commencement of the test trials.
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Collocations withcommencement


commencement

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commencement address
Heath (1980) cited an 1829 handbook and an 1846 commencementaddress that criticize the use of the nominative in this environment.
commencement ceremony
Students recapitulate the oath at the commencementceremony upon their graduation.
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commencement exercise
He was chosen by the faculty to speak at his class's commencementexercise.
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