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started

1. At six o'clock the motor started up.

6点钟时马达开动起来。

2. Everything has been squared away; we may start now.

一切都己准备就绪，我们现在就开始吧。

3. I started as soon as your message got through to me.

一接到你的信我就立即动身了。

4. Everything was to be fine and dandy once Peter started his new job.

一旦彼得有了新工作，一切都会好的。

5. The pupils that had been watching started to applaud.

一直在一旁观看的小学生们开始鼓起掌来。

6. The streets soon emptied (of people) when the rain started.

下起雨来了，街道很快便空无一人了。

7. He got the chairs in from the garden before the rain started.

下雨前他就把椅子从院子中搬进屋了。

8. Don't give away to the public when we will start.

不要向公众泄露我们出发的日期。

9. We started early in order to arrive before dark.

为了在天黑前到达，我们很早就动身了。

10. Jack made a jack-rabbit start when the traffic light turned green.

交通灯一变成绿色，杰克就马上开动车子。

11. He will start for London this afternoon.

今天下午他就要动身去伦敦了。

12. I couldn't make my car start this morning.

今天早晨我的汽车发动不起来了。

13. I smelt a rat when he started being so helpful!

他主动帮起忙来，我怀疑其中另有文章！

14. His nervousness was obvious right from the start.

他从一开始就显然十分紧张。

15. He used to be painfully shy, but now he's started to blossom (out).

他以前极腼腆，现在活泼起来了。

16. They started a newspaper to propagate their ideas.

他们办了一份报纸来宣传他们的主张。

17. Did they tell you when to start out?

他们告没告诉你什么时候出发？

18. They want to start a family but can't afford it at the moment.

他们想生个孩子，但暂时还养不起。

19. They arrived at an inconvenient time we had just started the meal.

他们来得很不是时候--我们刚开始吃饭。

20. Their marriage got off to rather a shaky start.

他们的婚姻一开始就有些不稳固。

21. He's got off to a flying start in his new job.

他兴致勃勃地开始他的新工作。

22. He resolved on/against (making) an early start.

他决定[反对]尽早出发。

23. He decided to go it alone and start his own business.

他决定单干创业。

24. At the noise, he started from his sleep.

他听到这声音，从睡梦中惊醒了。

25. He started to drink too much and gradually ran to seed.

他喝酒过多，身体逐渐衰弱了。

26. Now he's getting towards retirement age he's started playing golf.

他因接近退休年龄，就打起高尔夫球来了。

27. He got a good start in business.

他在生意上起步时占了很大的优势。

28. He got in. before the rain started.

他在雨前就进了屋。

29. He started off with one small factory, and now he's the head of an oil empire.

他开始只经营一家小工厂，如今已成为一个石油大企业的头儿。

30. He started running towards the street but suddenly doubled back to his room.

他开始往街上跑，但突然又折回自己的房间。

31. He started shoving clothes into drawers.

他开始把衣服乱塞在抽屉里。

32. He started to crank the engine.

他开始用曲柄启动发动机。

33. He felt his stomach start to kick up.

他感到胃里不舒服起来了。

34. Their marriage started to go wrong when he got a job abroad.

他找到一份在国外的工作，他们的婚姻就在那时开始出现问题。

35. He reasoned that if we started at dawn, we would be there by noon.

他推断，我们要是黎明出发，中午就能到。

36. He started work here last June.

他是去年六月开始在这里工作的。

37. He climbed into the cockpit and started the engine.

他爬进座舱，把发动机开动起来。

38. No sooner had his luggage been loaded than the jeep started off.

他的行李刚一装上车，吉普车就开走了。

39. He insisted that we should make a fresh start.

他硬要我们重新开始。

40. He started to have at his correspondence.

他精力充沛地动手处理起信件来。

41. He's full of sap and ready to start.

他精神抖擞准备出发。

42. He started tippling when his wife left him.

他自妻子离去之後便开始酗酒。

43. He was hit by a start bullet by ricochet.

他被一颗流弹弹回所伤。

44. He started his daughter up in the trade.

他让女儿从事这一行业。

45. He ought to/should be here in time he started early enough.

他该[应]按时到这里--他出发得够早的。

46. He started off at a run but soon tired and slowed to a walk.

他跑步出发，但很快就累得慢下来成了步行。

47. Please God, things will start to improve soon.

但愿事情很快开始好转。

48. You shouldn't have spoken to him like that you've really started something now.

你不该那样跟他说话--这下你可闯了祸了。

49. How do you get start in that line of work?

你是怎么开始干那一行的？

50. Do you start the day with a yawn instead of a smile?

你每天是不是以一个哈欠开始工作，而不是满面笑容？

51. Now you can start to coast down the slope.

你现在可以开始顺坡向下滑行了。

52. Don't forget to warm the car up for a few minutes before you start.

你起动这部汽车之前别忘了要预热几分钟。

53. The scouts started off on their mission on a stormy night.

侦察兵们在一个雷雨之夜出发去执行任务。

54. I'll have a tomato juice to start with.

先喝点西红柿汁开胃。

55. She woke up with a start when the door slammed.

关门声把她惊醒了。

56. A border clash between the two armies started the war.

双方军队在边境的冲突引发了战争。

57. Just press the button and the machine will start.

只要一按电钮，机器就会开动。

58. Take your places, please, we are about to start.

各位请入席，我们就要开始了。

59. Isn't it time we started back? It's getting dark.

咱们该回去了吧? 天快黑了。

60. Let's start at once and have done with it.

咱们马上就开始吧，干完就完了。

61. Oh, the108 peal of the temple bell have start.

哦，除夕的钟声开始响了。

62. Oh no, we are in a pickle now that the car will not start.

啊，真糟糕，我们的车发动不起来了。

63. The caster in the ceiling have to plastered up before you can start painting.

在你油漆天花板之前，先得先用灰泥把裂缝填塞起来。

64. Before play started, the teams lined up facing each other.

在比赛开始前，两个队先面对面排好队。

65. The smaller boys were given a start of 10 seconds in the race.

在赛跑时让年龄小的男生提早了10秒钟起跑。

66. Can the earthquake start all the people out of their sound sleep?

地震能把所有的人都从酣睡中惊醒了吗？

67. The summer camp started on July16 and will end on July27.

夏令营七月十六日开营，在七月二十七日结束。

68. It's getting late; we must make a start.

天晚了，我们必须开始了。

69. The girl put her lunch up in a paper bag and started on a visit to a zoo.

女孩把午饭装在纸袋里出去参观动物园了。

70. She started at the sound of my voice.

她听到了我的声音，蓦地一惊。

71. She started digging the garden with a will.

她在园子里起劲地翻起土来。

72. She started to become/wax lyrical about health food.

她对保健食品极为讲究了。

73. She's begun on (ie started writing or reading) a new novel.

她已开始写(或阅读)一本新小说。

74. She gave me the elbow when she started going out with Roger.

她开始与罗杰外出约会，就把我撇开了。

75. She started for her holiday with a light heart.

她很开心地在假期出发旅行。

76. Do she start out at nine or eight this morning?

她是今天早上9点还是8点出发的？

77. She started life as a shop assistant and now she has her own boutique.

她是从当一名营业员开始谋生的，现在她已拥有一家妇女时装用品的小商店了。

78. She's just started it'll take her a week or two to learn the ropes.

她是新手--要用一两个星期的时间熟悉情况。

79. Tears started to (ie suddenly came into) her eyes.

她的眼睛里突然涌出了泪水。

80. She measured out the flour, butter, and sugar and started to mix a cake.

她量出一定量的面粉、黄油和糖，开始拌做糕饼。