commencement
commencement 英 [kəˈmensmənt] 美 [kəˈmɛnsmənt]
n. 开始，发端；毕业典礼
名词复数:commencements
- A commencement is the act of starting out, or blazing a new trail.
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- n. 开始，发端；毕业典礼
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1. The commencement was held in the grand hall.
毕业典礼在豪华的大厅举行。
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2. Plato was born in 427, which is four years after the commencement of the Peloponnesian War.
柏拉图生于公元前，427，年，即伯罗奔尼萨战争,开始之后的四年。
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3. Not only has Harvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and nausea I've experienced at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight.
这不仅因为哈佛给了我非比寻常的荣誉，而且为了这几个礼拜以来，由于想到这次毕业典礼演说而产生的恐惧与恶心让我减肥成功。
- commencement (n.) late 13c., "a beginning, act or fact of coming into existence," from Old French comencement "beginning, start" (Modern French commencement), from comencier "to begin, to start" (see commence).
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