commencement

英 [kəˈmensmənt]

美 [kəˈmensmənt]

n.  开始; 开端; 学位授予典礼; 毕业典礼

GREIELTS法律

BNC.12251 / COCA.13566

牛津词典

noun

• 开始；开端
  beginning
  1. the commencement of the financial year
     财政年度的开始
• 学位授予典礼；毕业典礼
  a ceremony at which students receive their academic degrees or diplomas

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 开始
  Thecommencementof something is its beginning.
  1. All applicants should be at least 16 years of age at the commencement of this course.
     申请修读这门课程者至少要年满16岁。
• 学位授予仪式;(大学或高中的)毕业典礼
  Commencementis a ceremony at a university, college, or high school at which students formally receive their degrees or diplomas.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 graduation

英英释义

noun

• the act of starting something
  1. he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations
  Synonym:beginningstart
• an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
  Synonym:commencement exercisecommencement ceremonygraduationgraduation exercise
• the time at which something is supposed to begin
  1. they got an early start
  2. she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
  Synonym:beginningfirstoutsetget-gostartkickoffstarting timeshowtimeoffset

双语例句

• So on this commencement day, I speak to you as a parent.
  因此，在你们的毕业典礼上，我以一个家长的身份跟你们说这番话。
• Is the correct commencement getd ready how?
  对了毕业典礼准备得怎么样？
• It is my great honor to declare the commencement of the Shanghai International Conference on Intellectual Property Rights.
  我非常荣幸地宣布，上海知识产权国际会议现在开幕！
• The commencement exercise does not mean a severance of your tie to us or to the universities'tie to you.
  今天的毕业典礼并不表示你和学校的分离，它更意味着你和学校联系的开始。
• You can also set up any of these tasks and the closing time and date of their commencement.
  您也可以设立任何这些任务的结束时间和条款的生效日期。
• This can be the most important thing of the year except graduation or commencement day.
  这是除了学校毕业典礼和开学以外一年里最重要的事情。
• I'm confident that the graduation ceremonies will really be a commencement and that lots of work await you.
  我相信毕业典礼实在只是一个开端，日后有无数的工作在等着你。
• Hold a field work conference with the Contractor before commencement.
  作业前与承包商召开现场工作会议。
• So I listened to lots of commencement speeches online.
  所以，我开始在网上听大量的演讲来汲取灵感。
• Would passengers please put out cigarettes before the commencement of the flight.
  请乘客们在飞机起飞前熄灭香烟。