許多顯赫的企業家都是從工廠的工人做起的。
She began as an actress.

她以當演員開始她的職業生涯。
These clubs began as coffeehouses in the seventeenth century.

這些夜總會在17世紀時原來是咖啡館。 begin sth as sb/sth
She began her career as a sports reporter.

她以當體育記者開始她的職業生涯。
He began life as a newspaper reporter at the age of twenty-two.

他22歲就開始當新聞記者。
We began this club as a way of raising money.

我們辦這個俱樂部把它作為集資的一種途徑。

無論學習哪種語言,從古典作品學起的方法是不對頭的。
They begin at the beginning.

他們從頭開始。
Today we begin at page 30, line 12.

今天我們從第30頁第12行開始。
They went to school for nine years, beginning at the age of seven.

從7歲開始他們上了9年學。
School begins at 8 o'clock.

學校8點開始上課。
The meeting will begin at seven o'clock.

會議將于7點鐘開始。
The discussion began at three o'clock and ended at five.

討論從3點鐘開始,一直到5點。
The night shift begins at five o'clock.

夜班從5點鐘開始。
The match will begin at nine o'clock.

比賽將在9點開始。
The bidding began at $1000.

喊價開始為1000美元。
At an auction sale, the price of a beautiful vase began at fifty pounds, and reached eight hundred.

在一次拍賣中,一只漂亮的花瓶起價是50英鎊,后來達到800英鎊。 begin sth at sth
He began Latin at the age of ten.

他10歲開始學拉丁語。
I begin my study at seven.

我7點開始學習。
Father begins work at 8 every morning.

父親每天早晨8點開始工作。
We'll begin the lecture at eight o'clock.

我們8點鐘開始講課。
We shall begin the meeting at five.

我們將在5點鐘開始開會。
They begin breakfast at seven.

他們7點鐘開早飯。

我先給你們談談工廠本身。
An experienced public speaker usually begins by arousing the audience's curiosity.

經驗豐富的演講者大都在一開場就極力喚起聽眾的好奇心。
He began by pouring ridicule on the Whig leader.

他先狠狠地諷刺了輝格黨的領導人。
They began by building blocks of flats for workers.

他們先給工人蓋一片片的住宅。
We began by making the simplist kind of weight measures.

我們開始時只做最簡單的計量工具。
The students usually begin by learning the progressive form and doing numerous drills on it.

學生總是一開始學習現在進行時,然后做大量關于進行時態的練習。
He began by telling a tale of country life.

他首先講了一個鄉村生活的童話。
Father began by scolding me, saying that I was a bad boy.

父親開始訓斥我說我是個壞孩子。
He began by saying that he would not speak very long.

他先說他的講話不長,爾后開始。 begin sth by v-ing
The professor began his lecture by telling a joke.

教授在講課前先講一個笑話。
The comedian began the show by telling a joke.

那位喜劇演員講了一個笑話表演就開始了。

他是一位很忙的律師,現已著手處理另一個案子。
He began on a technical innovation two years ago but has made no progress so far.

兩年前他著手進行一項技術革新,但迄今尚無任何進展。
He has begun on a new book.

他已開始讀一本新書。
Has he begun on another bottle?

他已開始喝另一瓶酒了嗎?
He began on another new task last week.

他上周又著手一項新任務。
The vacation begins on July 1st.7

月1日開始放假。
The new term begins on Monday.

新學期從星期一開始。
The conference will begin on Monday and end on Friday.

會議星期一開始,星期五結束。
The measure will be applied gradually beginning on October 1.

這項措施將于11月1日起逐步實行。
In 1958 work began upon the second phase of the project.1958

年第二期工程開始施工。
Tom and his drinking companions began upon their third bottle in an hour.

一小時后,湯姆和他的酒友就開始喝第三瓶了。
The children began upon the chocolate biscuits.

孩子們開始吃巧克力餅干。

現在我們來聽聽學生們誦讀他們的詩作,從湯姆開始吧。
We need the figures for the twelve months, beginning with February.

我們需要從二月份以來的十二個月的數據。
You should begin with this book.

你該先讀這本書。
The word begins with a vowel.

這個詞開頭是元音。
The Bible begins with the Genesis .《

圣經》開篇是《創世記》。
The first word of a sentence should begin with a capital letter.

句子第一個詞的第一個字母要大寫。
He began with entreaties and ended with a threat.

他先是懇求,最后是威脅。
Let us begin with this song.

咱們先唱這首歌。
Let's begin with a story.

讓我們先講個故事。
Let's begin with the first paragraph.

咱們從第一段開始吧。
You may begin with English 900 .

你可以先從《英語900句》學起。
We began with the third chapter.

我們是從第三章開始的。
He advised me to begin with something easy.

他勸我先從容易的開始做起。
Which shall I begin with?

我從哪一個開始?
This book begins with a tale of country life.

這本書以一個農村生活的故事開始。
The concert began with the national anthem.

音樂會以奏國歌開始。
My way is to begin with the beginning.

我的辦法是從頭開始。
Knowledge begins with practice.

認識從實踐開始。
The ocean began with little drops of water.

大洋是點滴的水聚成的。
Education, in the largest sense, begins with a man's birth, and does not end until he dies.

從最廣泛的意義上說,教育從人一出生就開始,直到死才結束。 begin sth with sth
It is very worrying to begin the day with bad news.

這一天一開始就有壞消息,令人擔憂。
The teacher began his class with a question.

老師開始上課時先提了個問題。