Today, given the job losses of the past year, fewer unhappy couples will risk starting separate households, Furthermore, the housing market meltdown will make it more difficult for them to finance their separations by selling their homes.
出自-2012年6月閱讀原文
starting a new family would be hard
出自-2012年6月閱讀原文
Burger King, the nation's second-largest fast food chain, for instance, will stop automatically including French fries and soda in its kids' meals starting this month, although they will still be available.
出自-2012年12月聽力原文
Starting in the 1980s, skill in finance grew in importance, and, as depicted in the news media and the movies, became a more appealing source of income.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
Runaway fires pour even more carbon into the air, which increases temperatures, starting the whole vicious cycle all over again
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
For more than two decades, starting in the 1960s, the poet Ted Hughes sat on the judging panel of an annual poetry competition for British schoolchildren.
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
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VERB
開始(做某事)
If you start to do something, you do something that you were not doing before and you continue doing it.
例句
John then unlocked the front door and I started to follow him up the stairs...
約翰接著打開前門，我開始跟他上樓。
It was 1956 when Susanna started the work on the garden...
蘇珊娜是從 1956 年開始修建這個花園的。
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V-ERG
(使)開始;(使)發生
When something starts, or if someone starts it, it takes place from a particular time.
例句
The fire is thought to have started in an upstairs room...
火災被認為是從樓上的一個房間里開始燃起的。
The Great War started in August of that year...
第一次世界大戰于那年 8 月爆發。
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VERB
(從…)開始;(從…)著手
If you start by doing something, or if you start with something, you do that thing first in a series of actions.
例句
I started by asking how many day-care centers were located in the United States...
我一開始先問了問美國有多少所日托中心。
He started with a good holiday in Key West, Florida.
他先去佛羅里達的基韋斯特島度了個愉快的假期。
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VERB
第一份工作是…
You use start to say what someone's first job was. For example, if their first job was that of a factory worker, you can say that they started as a factory worker.
例句
Betty started as a shipping clerk at the clothes factory...
貝蒂的第一份工作是在服裝廠里當運務員。
Grace Robertson started as a photographer with Picture Post in 1947.
格雷斯·羅伯遜于 1947 年參加工作，做了《圖片郵報》雜志的一名攝影師。
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VERB
開辦;創辦
When someone starts something such as a new business, they create it or cause it to begin.
例句
George Granger has started a health centre and I know he's looking for qualified staff...
喬治·格蘭杰開辦了一個保健中心，我知道他正在物色合格的職員。
Now is probably as good a time as any to start a business.
目前可能正是創業的最佳時機。
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V-ERG
開動，發動(發動機、汽車、機器等)
If you start an engine, car, or machine, or if it starts, it begins to work.
例句
He started the car, which hummed smoothly...
他發動了汽車，車發出平穩的嗡嗡聲。
We were just passing one of the parking bays when a car's engine started.
我們從一個停車區經過時，一輛車發動了引擎。
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VERB
驚起;嚇一跳;激靈
If you start, your body suddenly moves slightly as a result of surprise or fear.
例句
She put the bottle on the table, banging it down hard. He started at the sound...
她砰的一聲把瓶子放到了桌子上，把他嚇了一跳。
Rachel started forward on the sofa. — 'You mean you've arrested Pete?'
雷切爾從沙發上猛地往前一欠身子。——“你的意思是你已經抓到了皮特?”
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PHRASE
首先;第一
You use for a start or to start with to introduce the first of a number of things or reasons that you want to mention or could mention.
例句
You must get her name and address, and that can be a problem for a start...
你必須先打聽到她的姓名和地址，而那可能就是第一個難題。
It comes as a surprise to be reminded that he is 70. For a start, he doesn't look it...
有人提醒我他 70 歲了，這很令人驚訝。首先，他看上去不像。
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PHRASE
開局順利/開局不順
If you get off to a good start, you are successful in the early stages of doing something. If you get off to a bad start, you are not successful in the early stages of doing something.
例句
The new Prime Minister has got off to a good start, but he still has to demonstrate what manner of leader he is going to be...
新首相上任后開了個好頭，但他仍得展現出自己的執政風格。
England got off to a bad start in the Five Nations' Championship, losing 35-10 to France.
英格蘭隊在五國錦標賽中開局不利，以 10 比 35 輸給了法國隊。
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PHRASE
(事情、過程等)開始時，一開始
To start with means at the very first stage of an event or process.
例句
To start with, the pressure on her was very heavy, but it's eased off a bit now...
一開始，她的壓力很大，但現在已經好些了。
Success was assured and, at least to start with, the system operated smoothly.
成功有保證了，至少該系統一開始運行得挺順利。