commence
commenceverb- begin
开始
[with obj.]his design team commenced work.
他的设计组开始工作了 。
[no obj.]a public inquiry is due to commence on the 16th.
公众质询定于16日开始。
语源- Middle English: from Old French commencier, comencier, based on Latin com- (expressing intensive force) + initiare 'begin'
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