commencement

• n. 開始，發端；畢業典禮

來自commence, 開始。引申義畢業典禮，人生的開始。

commencement (n.)

late 13c., "beginning," from Old French comencement "beginning, start" (Modern French commencement), from comencier (see commence). Meaning "school graduation ceremony" attested by 1850, American English. (Sense "entrance upon the privileges of a master or doctor in a university" is from late 14c.)

I know what you are thinking of -- the class members grouped in a semicircle on the stage, the three scared boys in new ready-made black suits, the seventeen pretty girls in fluffy white dresses (the gowns of the year), each senior holding a ribbon-tied manuscript bulging with thoughts on "Beyond the Alps Lies Italy," "Our Ship is Launched -- Whither Shall it Sail?" and similar topics. [Charles Moreau Harger, "The Real Commencement," "New Outlook," May 8, 1909]

1. the commencement of the financial year

財政年度的開始

來自《權威詞典》

2. Would passengers please put out cigarettes before the commencement of the flight.

請乘客在飛機起飛前熄滅香煙.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Who gave your commencement address?

誰給你們做了畢業演說? oration指 “正式演說”,如:

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. All applicants should be at least 16 years of age at the commencement of this course.

申請修讀這門課程者至少要年滿16歲。

來自柯林斯例句

5. 'Commence,'was Monsieur Defarge's not unreasonable reply,'at the commencement.'

“ 從開頭說起, ” 德伐日的回答不無道理.

來自英漢文學 - 雙城記