单词
commencement
读音
kəˈmensmənt
美式
英式
词根
Commencement来自于Latin词根 "com-" 表示 "一起"，"-initiare" 表示 "开始"。这个词的本质意思所代表的是"一起开始"。
释义
n. 开始，发端；毕业典礼 [ 复数 commencements ]
例句
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。
The protracted nature of the commencement speech did not sit well with the restless group of recent graduates.
毕业典礼演讲的时间太长，让这群焦躁不安的应届毕业生很不舒服。
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。
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。
The protracted nature of the commencement speech did not sit well with the restless group of recent graduates.
毕业典礼演讲的时间太长，让这群焦躁不安的应届毕业生很不舒服。
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。
强化记忆
你可以将 "Commencement" 与 "Start" 联系在一起。比如，你可以想象在一场毕业典礼(Commencement)上，所有的毕业生都准备开始(start)他们的新生活。Commencement 这个词在15世纪从法语引入英语，最初它表示 "开始"。但在美国，从18世纪开始，它的意思逐渐扩大，指代大学毕业典礼，标志着学生"开始"新一阶段的生活。
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he graduated one year before I was graduating from college.I remember going to his commencementand watching him walk across the stage,
It was the spring of 2011,and as they like to say in commencement speeches,I was getting ready to enter the real world.
One of my favorite writers, Neil Gaiman, put it so beautifullyin a commencement address he gave at a university, called "Make Good Art."I want to make sure I get his quote correct.
it's also going to make us better people.You know the kind of thing a commencement address is, and graduation ceremonies,those lyrical claims
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