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begin的基本意思是“开始”,用作及物动词时,指做某事的第一个步骤、第一个行动或第一部分,强调某种状态的“开端”,特别是较缓慢的开端。begin也可用作不及物动词,以活动、工作、机械为主语,表示开始动或处于动的状态中。
begin用作及物动词时,后接名词、代词、动名词、动词不定式或含有疑问词的动词不定式作宾语。begin还可用作系动词,后接形容词作表语。
begin可用其现在时表示未来的事,也可用其进行时表示“渐渐开始”“即将开始”等。
begin是非持续性动词，不能与表示一段时间的状语连用。但可与表示时间点的状语连用。
begin的现在分词beginning还可以在句中作定语或状语。
to begin with作“首先,起初”解,用作插入语,可放在句首、句中,也可放在句末。
begin可用于被动结构，但用作主动结构时更合习惯，尤其表示“(某事)开始”时。
begin后接的动词可有多种形式。若其表示的意思是“有意志的”，可以用不定式或动名词。He will soon begin to write a novel. 写小说是有意志的。

Once the vice-chancellor of a university is inaugurated, he begins his term of office.
大学副校长的就职典礼一旦举行,他就开始了任期。

A beginning beard faintly shadowed his chin and lean cheeks.
从他的下巴和瘦削的面颊上可以依稀看到刚长出来的胡须。

To begin to do something means to start doing it.
When something begins or when you begin it, it takes place from a particular time onward.
If you begin with something, or begin by doing something, this is the first thing you do.
You use begin to mention the first thing that someone says.
If one thing began as another thing, it first existed as the other thing before it changed into its present form.
If you say that a thing or place begins somewhere, you are talking about one of its limits or edges.
If a word begins with a particular letter, that is the first letter of that word.
You use to begin with when you are talking about the first stage of a situation, event, or process.
You use to begin with to introduce the first of several things that you want to say.

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They begin to monitor their learning and take responsibility for their learning.
他们开始去监控自己的学习并且担负起责任。