begin/bɪ'gɪn/

v. start to be, do, etc.

➭ pt. began/bɪ'gæn/

➭ pp. begun/bɪ'gʌn/

➭ ing. -nn-

v. [I, T] 开始，着手：The party begins at 7. 晚会7点开始。

◇In the fourth year, we began the study of English.我们四年级开始学习英语。

◇[begin with sth] Let's begin with a song. 我们唱首歌开始吧。

◇The word “house” begins with the letter “h”. 单词house的首字母是h。

◇[begin by doing sth] She began by thanking the visiting speaker. 她先感谢了来访的演讲者。

◇[begin to do/doing sth] I began to feel a sense of panic. 我开始感到恐慌。

◇My father began teaching at 20. 我父亲20岁就开始教书了。

◇[begin + speech] “Ladies and gentlemen,” she began. “Good evening.”“女士们，先生们，晚上好。”她开始说。

音组-in/-ɪn/

begin; skin; spin; twin; violin; within

常犯错误

✗ The lunch was begun at 11:30.

✓ The lunch begun at 11:30. 午餐11:30开始。

[✌begin虽可做及物动词，但常不用被动语态]

常犯错误

✗ The meeting began from an announcement.

✓ The meeting began with an announcement. 会议首先发布了一个通告。

辨析begin; start

谚语Well begun is half done. 好的开始是成功的一半。