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始[shǐ]

-（最初;起头）beginning;start:
frombeginningtoend;fromstarttofinish;自始至终
AtfirstIdidn'tcatchon,thenIsuddenlysawthelight.始而不解，继而恍然。
-（姓氏）asurname:
ShiCheng始成
-（开始）start;begin:
notknowexactlywhenthiscameintobeing;不知始于何时
Athousand-lijourneybeginswiththefirststep.千里之行，始于足下。
-（才）onlythen;not...until:
Steadyprogresscanonlybetheresultofpersistentstudy.;Onlypersistentstudyyieldssteadyprogress.坚持学习，始能不断进步。
Trafficcannotpassthroughthesquareuntilthemassmeetingisover.群众大会结束后，广场始能通行。

他们已经开始防止犯罪行为。
They have begun to do the prevention of crime.

到了这里一个月以后，学生们开始想家了。
The students began to feel homesick after they had been here for a month.

当他平静下来时，我开始告诉他实情。
When he quieted down, I began to tell him the truth.

明天开始挖掘工作。
Excavation of the site will begin tomorrow.

事情以玩笑开始，以悲剧告终。
It began as a jest and ended as a tragedy.

他是去年六月开始在这里工作的。
He started work here last June.

步行了四个小时以后，我们开始累了。
After walking for four hours we were beginning to flag.

树叶已开始变色，很快就是冬天了。
The leaves have started to color; it will soon be winter.

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