commencement

• n. 開始、始まり、卒業

開始、始まり。開始、人生の始まりに由来する。

commencement (n.)

late 13c., "beginning," from Old French comencement "beginning, start" (Modern French commencement), from comencier (see commence). Meaning "school graduation ceremony" attested by 1850, American English. (Sense "entrance upon the privileges of a master or doctor in a university" is from late 14c.)

I know what you are thinking of -- the class members grouped in a semicircle on the stage, the three scared boys in new ready-made black suits, the seventeen pretty girls in fluffy white dresses (the gowns of the year), each senior holding a ribbon-tied manuscript bulging with thoughts on "Beyond the Alps Lies Italy," "Our Ship is Launched -- Whither Shall it Sail?" and similar topics. [Charles Moreau Harger, "The Real Commencement," "New Outlook," May 8, 1909]

1. the commencement of the financial year

会計年度の開始

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2.Would passengers please put out cigarettes before the commencement of the flight.

飛行機が離陸する前にタバコを消してください。

3.Who gave your commencement address？

卒業演説をしたのは誰ですか。orationとは、

4のような「公式演説」を指す。All applicants should be at least 16 years of age at the commencement of this course.

このコースの受講申請者は少なくとも16歳以上でなければならない。

5.'Commence，'was Monieur Defarge 's not unreasonable reply，'at the commencement .'

「最初から言えば、」ドバール日の答えは理にかなっている。