1·Joan was very much against commencing drug treatment.
琼非常反对开始药物治疗。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·I will be on leave during the week commencing 15 February.
我将从2月15日开始一周的休假。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·McCarthy himself, in his Border Trilogy, commencing with the superb All the Pretty Horses, has not matched Blood Meridian, but it is the ultimate Western, not to be surpassed.
而麦卡锡本人，以出色的《所有漂亮的马》开始的“边境三部曲”，虽然未及《血色子午线》，但已达到西部小说的巅峰，无可超越。
4·Understanding the business model of your organization and, at a minimum, its high-level business processes is a pre-condition for commencing the enterprise architecture implementation.
了解您组织的业务模型，至少其高层次的业务过程是开始企业架构实现的预先条件。
5·And listen, 'she continued provokingly, commencing a verse of an old ballad in the same fashion.
“听着。”她挑衅地说，开始用同样的腔调念一节古歌谣。