commencement是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)commencement date生效日期；开工日期；开始日期

双语例句

(1)It gives me great pleasure to attend your commencement and to speak as a speaker.

我很高兴出席你们的毕业典礼，并以演讲者的身份发言。

(2)At the commencement of the year, I hope to receive your annual planning report for this year.

年初的时候，我希望能收到大家对今年的年度规划报告。

(3)After the commencement, everyone went their separate ways.

毕业典礼过后，大家就各奔东西了。

(4)The high school commencement speaker was giving a rather conventional address.

高中毕业典礼演讲人在发表一个相当传统的讲话

(5)The commencement ceremony will begin at 10:00 a.m.

毕业典礼将在上午十点开始。

(6)All applicants should be at least 16 years of age at the commencement of this course.

所有申请人在本课程开始时应至少年满16岁。

(7)President Bush gave the commencement address today at the University of Notre Dame.

布什总统今天在巴黎圣母院大学发表了毕业典礼演说。

(8)Did anyone cry in the commencement?

毕业典礼上有人哭吗？

(9)That was commencement humor, Class of 2002.

2002届的毕业生们，这只是一种毕业典礼上的幽默。

(10)The commencement was held in the grand hall.

毕业典礼在豪华的大厅举行。

同义词

n. 开始，发端；毕业典礼

反义词

同根词

词根 commence

(1)commence vi. 使……开始；使……得学位vt. 开始；着手

释义

n.

[usu. in sing.]the time, action, or process of beginning

开始时间；开始

at the commencement of training

训练开始时

[mass noun]the date of commencement.

开始日期。

the first part or earliest stage

开始部分；初期

the commencement of this chapter.

这一章的开头。

N. Amer. a ceremony in which degrees or diplomas are conferred on university or high-school students

〈北美〉 （大学或高中的）毕业典礼；学位授予典礼

[as modifier]a commencement address.

毕业典礼上的致辞。

词源

"Middle English： from Old French, from the verb commencier （see COMMENCE）."

(1)At Harvard's commencement tomorrow as your dean described, each school is gonna stand up and graduate together, the college, the law school, the med school and so on.

你们院长也讲了，在明天的哈佛毕业典礼上，每个学院都要起立并一同毕业。本科部、法学院、医学院等等。《Sheryl Speech at Harvard》《Facebook COO谢丽尔·桑德伯格哈佛演讲》

(2)I thank you for allowing me to be a part of your conclusion of this chapter of your lives and the commencement of your next chapter to say that I'm honored doesn't even begin to quantify the depth of gratitude that really companies an honorary doctorate from Harvard.

感谢你们，让我有机会与你们共度人生这一华丽篇章的谢幕时刻并开启新的篇章。仅仅用荣幸一词无法表达出我对同时授予我的哈佛大学荣誉博士学位的感激之情。《Oprah Winfrey Speech at Harvard》《奥普拉演讲》