[kāi shǐ]
(从头起; 着手进行) begin; start; initiate; commence
take effect; come into effect
开始生效
start from the very beginning
从头开始
come into vogue
开始流行
commence business
开始营业
set about stamp-collecting
开始收集邮票
Everything had to be begun over again.
一切都得重新开始。
He set his face against the scheme from the first.
从一开始他就坚决反对这项计划。
(开始阶段) initial stage; beginning; outset; inception; initiation; onset; dawning
at the commencement of the twentieth century
20世纪开始时
soon after the start of the war
战争开始后不久
At first he didn't agree, but later he did.
开始他不同意, 但后来同意了。