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[] ( used with an adverb or a preposition与副词或介词连用 ) to begin at a particular level 开始（於特定水平）；由…起 ◆ Prices for the clothes start at about $100 and run into thousands. 服装价格从大约 100 元以至数千元。
[] start (sth/sb) (up) to begin to exist; to make sth begin to exist 开办；创办 ◆ There are a lot of small business starting up in the area. 这一地区创办了许多小企业。 ◆ They decided to start a catering business. 他们决定创办一家餐饮企业。 ➡ start-up ➡ see note atfound
[] start (out/off) (sth) (as sth) to begin in a particular way that changes later 以…起步；开始於 ◆ The company started out with just 10 employees. 公司创办时只有 10 名员工。
[] when you start a machine or a vehicle or itstarts , it begins to operate启动，发动（机器、车辆等） ◆ Just press this button to start the scanner. 只要按一下这个钮即可启动扫描仪。
to begin to do sth, especially in business or work 开始从事；着手 ◆ to start out in business 开始做生意
to have a particular intention when you begin sth 最初想要；开始打算 ◆ I started out to fix a bug but I ended up writing a new program.我最初打算修补一个错误，而最终编写了一个新程序。