动身 go on a journey; begin a journey; depart; set out on a journey; leave (for a distant place) 动身回家 depart for home; 动身起程 set out for the journey; 我明天动身去北京。 i'll leave for beijing tomorrow. 如果你许可, 我立即就动身。 in case you give me leave, i will start at once. 早饭后我们立即动身了。 we got off immediately after breakfast
开始 1.(从头起; 着手进行) begin; start; initiate; commence 开始生效 take effect; come into effect; 从头开始 start from the very beginning; 开始流行 come into vogue; 开始营业 commence business; 开始收集邮票 set about stamp-collecting; 一切都得重新开始。 everything had to be begun over again. 从一开始他就坚决反对这项计划。 he set his face against the scheme from the first.2.(开始阶段) initial stage; beginning; outset; inception; initiation; onset; dawning 二十世纪开始时 at the commencement of the twentieth century; 战争开始后不久 soon after the start of the war; 开始他不同意, 但后来同意了。 at first he didn't agree, but later he did