commencement

【发音】

美 /kə'mɛnsmənt/ 英 /kə'mensm(ə)nt/

【翻译】

1. n.毕业典礼

   英释:a ceremony at which university, college, or high school students receive their diplomas

【短语】

1. commencement date : 生效日期

【例句】

1. 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。

【真题例句】

1. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Jobs suggested much the same thing during a commencement address to the graduating class atStanford University in 2005...

2. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Jobs ended his commencement talk with a call to innovation...

3. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Steve Jobs called on Stanford graduates to innovate in his commencement address...

【同、近义词】

1. n.开始，发端；毕业典礼

   beginning/threshold/opening/conception/fresh/

【同根词】

1. vi

   commence : 使……开始；使……得学位

2. vt

   commence : 开始；着手