start既可用作不及物動(dòng)詞，又可用作及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞意思是“起動(dòng)、提出（問題）、開辦、使開始”，用作不及物動(dòng)詞意思是“起始、突然出現(xiàn)、突然跳起、突然涌出”，那么其過去式和過去分詞是什么呢？

過去式：started

過去分詞：started

現(xiàn)在分詞：starting

第三人稱單數(shù)：starts

We started work on the project in 2002.

我們于2002年開始干這個(gè)項(xiàng)目。

Isn't it time you started to get organized?

你該提高點(diǎn)效率了吧？

He's just started a new job.

他剛剛著手一項(xiàng)新工作。

She started on at me again about getting some new clothes.

她又就買新衣服的事情數(shù)落起我來。

I can't get the car started.

這輛車我發(fā)動(dòng)不起來。

I can't seem to get started today.

我怕是沒法在今天開始了。

He gave orders for the work to be started.

他下令開始工作。

The plaster had started to come away from the wall.

灰泥已開始從墻上剝落。

Who do you think started the fire?

你看是誰點(diǎn)的火？

He started playing the piano at an early age.

他幼年開始彈鋼琴。

The company started out with 30 employees.

公司創(chuàng)業(yè)之初只有30名員工。

The sky suddenly went dark and it started to rain.

天空驟然轉(zhuǎn)暗，隨即下起雨來。