Commencement

(noun.) an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred.

阿斯特编辑

• It is a hereditary matter; so in order to give you an idea of the facts, I must go back to the commencement of the affair. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Pray give us the essential facts from the commencement, and I can afterwards question you as to those details which seem to me to be most important. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• This was the first commencement of my friendship with Adrian, and I must commemorate this day as the most fortunate of my life. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• In the commencement of his captivity Moore used feebly to resist Mrs. Horsfall. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Commence, was Monsieur Defarge's not unreasonable reply, at the commencement. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The explanation, I believe, lies in the nature of the climate before the commencement of the Glacial period. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Here strenuousness is expected; and an immediate commencement of investigation and prompt report are required. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• We pass on now to the story of one futile commencement, one glorious shattered beginning of human unity. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Thus lodged, I was not, at least--at the commencement of the night, cold. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Thus, notwithstanding the thoughtless delight that waited on its commencement, the impression I have of my life at Vienna is melancholy. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• And nothing to start until the commencement of the bombardment. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• There is a commencement of caring for every one. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Madame Beck's commencement was--as I have often heard her say--from no higher starting-point, and where is she now? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Before the commencement of the present disturbances, the colony assemblies had not only the legislative, but a part of the executive power. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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