start a business
collocation创业
She started a small online business.
她创办了一家小型网店。
开始；起始
starting — present participle of start
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开始；起始
To begin; to have its origin at a place or time.
The lecture starts at nine, so we still have time for coffee.
讲座九点开始，所以我们还有时间喝杯咖啡。
起源；开始
To have its origin (at), begin.
突然移动；惊起；惊动
To move suddenly, from a previous state of rest; to startle.
使开始；启动
To put into play.
倒出；清空；打开并开始抽取
To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
start
Base
原形
starts
3rd person
第三人称单数
starting
-ing
现在分词
started
Past
过去式
started
Past participle
过去分词
I start work at 9 AM every day.
我每天上午9点开始工作。
She started her new job last week.
她上周开始了新工作。
They are starting the meeting now.
他们现在正在开始会议。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
She started learning French last year and now speaks it quite well.
她去年开始学法语，现在说得相当好。
If you press this button, the engine will start immediately.
如果你按下这个按钮，发动机就会立刻启动。
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创业
She started a small online business.
她创办了一家小型网店。
重新开始
After the project failed, we had to start over.
项目失败后，我们不得不重新开始。
开始交谈；搭话
Small talk is a good way to start a conversation.
闲聊是开始交谈的好方法。
组建家庭
They want to start a family before they turn thirty.
他们想在三十岁前组建家庭。
生火
Campers need dry wood to start a fire.
露营者需要干柴来生火。
发动汽车
I turned the key to start the car.
我转动钥匙发动汽车。
从零开始；白手起家
After losing all their data, they had to start from scratch.
丢失所有数据后，他们不得不从零开始。
开个头；启动进程
I'll start the ball rolling with a few questions.
我先提几个问题来开个头。
成家；生儿育女
They want to start a family before they turn thirty.
他们想在三十岁前成家生孩子。
让我们从最开始的地方开始；那是一个很好的起点。
If you are learning English, start with the basics.
如果你在学英语，就从基础开始吧。
我从镜子里的人开始，我要他改变他的做法。
He started his new life by moving to a new city.
他搬到一座新城市，开始了新生活。
Use starting naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
start 里藏着 art（艺术），艺术创作要从“开始”下笔。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、一般写作 表示“开始；启动”时，start 属于中性常用词，通常在日常对话和一般书面语中都很自然；正式语体中也可以用 begin，但 start 更为口语化和通用。
既可用作及物动词（如start the car），也可用作不及物动词（如The show starts at 8）。常用搭配：start with（以…开始），start by doing（通过做…开始），start on（开始进行），start at（从…开始）。
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