begun
[bi'gʌn]
begin去词

1. They have begun to do the prevention of crime.
   已始犯罪。
2. The company has begun to scale down its operations in Asia.
   司已始减亚洲。
3. Hardly had the game begun when it started raining.
   赛刚刚始起雨。

Begin \Be*gin"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Began}, {Begun}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Beginning}.] [AS. beginnan (akin to OS. biginnan, D.
& G. beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna,
Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. [root]31. See
{Gin} to begin.]
1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to
take rise; to commence.

Vast chain of being! which from God began. --Pope.

2. To do the first act or the first part of an action; to
enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or
state of being, or course of action; to take the first
step; to start. ``Tears began to flow.'' --Dryden.

When I begin, I will also make an end. --1 Sam. iii.
12.


Begun \Be*gun"\,
p. p. of {Begin}.