•When do you start your course/your new job?你甚么时候开始你的课程／新工作？

•We'll be starting (the session) at six o'clock.我们将在六点钟开始（议程）。

•Can you start (= begin a new job) on Monday?星期一你能开始工作吗？

•[+ -ing verb] They started building the house in January.他们一月份动工盖这栋房子。

•[+ to infinitive] I'd just started to write a letter when the phone rang.我刚开始写信，电话就响了。

•She started her own software company.她创办了自己的软体公司。

•A lot of new restaurants have started up in the region.这个地区有很多家新餐馆开业。

•A new series of wildlife programmes has started on Monday evenings.一档新的野生动物节目已开始在每周一晚上播出。

•Police believe the fire was started by arsonists.警方认为这次火灾是有人蓄意纵火。

•The speaker started with a description of her journey to China.演讲者先分享了她的中国之行作为开场白。

•Give me your answers one by one, starting with Lucy.请一个接一个地回答我的问题，从露西开始。

•You could start by weeding the flowerbeds.你开始时可以先替花圃除草。

•He started his working life as an engineer but later became a teacher.他刚开始工作时当的是工程师，但后来做了老师。

•Don't start - we're not going and that's that!别烦人——我们不去，没的商量！

•informal "It would help if Richard did some work." "Oh, don't get me started on Richard!"“如果理查有做了些什么就好了。”“噢，别提理查了，说起来我就有气。”

•When can we get started?我们甚么时候能开始？

•He started work at 16 in a local bakers.他16岁开始在当地的一家面包房工作。

•We only knew two people in London to start with, but we soon made friends.起初我们在伦敦只认识两个人，但很快就交到朋友。

•To start with we need better computers - then we need more training.首先，我们需要更好的电脑——其次，我们需要接受更多训练。

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•The bus starts at/from the main depot.公车从总站发车。

•We'll need to start (off/out) early because the journey takes six hours.我们需要早点出发，因为路程需要六个小时。

•Tell me what happened - start at the beginning.告诉我发生了甚么事——从头说起。

•Ticket prices start at/from £20 and go up to £100.票价20英镑起，最高100英镑。

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•He started at the sound of the phone.电话铃声把他吓了一跳。

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•I'm having trouble starting the car.我的车发动不起来。

•The engine won't start.引擎发动不了。

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•She started off the meeting with the monthly sales report.她在会议开始时首先做了每月销售报告。

•I'd like to start off by thanking you all for coming today.首先，我想感谢大家今天光临。

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•I'll start her off on some fairly basic stuff and see how she gets on.我会先让她做些相当基础的事情，看看她做得如何。

•I could see Emma trying not to laugh and of course that started me off.我注意到艾玛想忍住不笑，当然，那却惹得我笑了出来。

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•I'm just about to start on the cleaning.我正要开始打扫。

•Shall we start on the wine or wait till Colin gets here?我们是现在就开始喝那瓶葡萄酒呢，还是等科林来了再说？

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•She started on at him about the way he's always looking at other women.她开始数落起他来，埋怨他老盯着其他女人看个不停。

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•My dad started out as a sales assistant in a shop.我爸爸最初在一家商店当售货员。

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•We decided to abandon the first draft of the report and start over.我们决定把报告的第一个版本推翻重写。

•The agreement allows old expectations to be forgotten and everyone can start afresh.协议使大家可以忘却原有的期望，每个人都能从头来过。

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•Many small businesses started up in the 1980s to cater to this growing market.20世纪80年代，为满足这个日渐壮大的市场的需要，许多小型企业应运而生。

•We ought to start up a drama group.我们应该成立一个戏剧社。

•The car wouldn't start up this morning.今天早上汽车发动不起来。

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•We were doubtful about the product's usefulness from the start.从一开始，我们就对这个产品的效用抱有疑问。

•They announced the start of a new commercial venture.他们宣布创办一个新的风险企业。

•The weather was good at the start (= in the first part) of the week.本周初天气不错。

•The event got off to a shaky/poor start with the stage lights failing in the first few minutes.活动开局不顺／不利，舞台灯光刚开始几分钟就出了问题。

•We need to make a start on (preparing) the brochure next week.我们下星期要开始准备小册子。

•The whole course was a disaster from start to finish.整个过程自始至终糟糕透了。

•We'll take names and phone numbers for a start, then later on we can get more details.我们先记下名字和电话号码，之后可以获取更多细节。

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•He woke with a start.他抖了一下，惊醒了。

•She gave a start as I entered.我进去时，她吓了一跳。