start 和begin有和区别啊?求教

start作"开始"之意解时,可用作及物和不及物动词,大多数情况可以和begin通用(口语中start较常用)。start和begin后可接不定式,也可接动名词,差别不大。如:

When did you start / begin learning (或to learn) English? 你什么时候开始学英语的?

If Mary doesn't come soon, let's start / begin without her. 要是玛丽一会儿不来,咱们就开始,不等她了。

His illness started / began with a slight cough. 他的病是从轻微的咳嗽开始的。

但下列情况时,只接不定式,不接动名词。

① start和begin本身用于进行时态时。如:

He is just starting / beginning to write the letter. 他刚刚开始写那封信。

② 当物作主语时。如:

The leaves start/ begin to come out when spring comes. 春天到来时,树叶开始长了出来。

③ start和begin后跟understand, realize, know等与想法、感情有关的静态动词时。如:

I slowly started / began to understand how she felt. 我慢慢地开始明白她有什么感觉。

He started / began to realize that how important it was to learn English well. 他开始意识到学好英语有多重要。

在下面几种情况下用start,而不用begin。

1) start=set up, build or found, 可用来表示企业、机构、设施的"创建、创办、开办"。如:

The company was started by the two brothers. 这家公司由兄弟俩创办的。

These doctors are going to start a private hospital. 这些医生打算开办一所私立医院。

We're considering starting a club for the old. 我们正在考虑创办一家老年人俱乐部。

start作"创办、开办"解时,有时可与open互换,只是start着重"创建",而open着重"开始运转"。如:

The hospital was started / opened in 2002 by a rich man. 那家医院是一个有钱人于2002 年开办的。

The musician started / opened a special school for the distabled children. 那音乐家为残疾儿童建了一所特殊学校。

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