commence
/kəˈmens/verb
- begin开始：
with obj. his design team commenced work他的设计组开始工作了
no obj. a public inquiry is due to commence on the 16th.公众质询定于16日开始。
词源
Middle English: from Old French commencier, comencier, based on Latin com- (expressing intensive force) + initiare 'begin'.