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Began

“Began” 标记动作或状态在时间线上的起点,不接过去分词构成完成体时需与 begun 区分:“has begun” 用分词,单纯叙述过去用 “began”。可接不定式或动名词,语义有时略有差别。

  1. “The concert began ten minutes late because of rain.” (音乐会因下雨晚了十分钟开始。)
  2. “She began to understand why the rules mattered.” (她开始明白这些规定为何重要。)
  3. “Winter began early that year, with snow in October.” (那年冬天来得早,十月就下雪了。)

“begin” 来自古英语 beginnan,与日耳曼语族表示“打开、开始”的词相关,与 “open” 概念有远古联系。

不规则动词:begin / began / begun,无简单可加后缀,需整体记忆。

叙事开头 “It all began when…” 是典型故事框架;体育转播 “the second half began” 标记赛段。

  • 固定搭配: “began with” (以……开始), “began to realize” (开始意识到)

三个形 begin–began–begun:中间项 “began” 带过去式常见元音 /æ/,像 “喊一声开跑” 的短促音。

“The project began as a joke, but it began to attract serious investors.” (这个项目起初像个玩笑,却开始吸引到认真的投资人。)