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start up

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++→ See Verb table
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start upThe anti-virus icon should appear whenever you start up your computer.
ˈstart-up1 adjective [only before noun]  START DOING somethingconnected with starting a new business 〔新企业的〕创办时的,起始 (阶段)的 start-up costs 启动费用
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start-upa start-up budget of $90,000The time has come for start-up companies like mine to turn all our efforts into something concrete.start-up companiesWith savings of £20,000 you could expect to finance a franchise with a start-up cost and working capital of £60,000.See what the normal start-up costs are for renting and furnishing an office, a salesroom, or a studio.It provides start-up dialogues, macro dialogues and exit dialogues to open and close applications.The company, called VacTex Corp., has raised $ 1 million in start-up funds.Several start-up Net companies saw their share prices rocket in the first few years, only to see them plunge as the recession hit.But to take ViaCord beyond the start-up phase, Fisher this year plans to seek $ 6 million in venture capital.Kenyon wound up shaving not one but three seconds off the start-up time, sparing a hundred extra souls from the Reaper.
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start-up2 noun [countable]  a new small company or business, especially one whose work involves computers or the Internet 〔尤指从事计算机或因特网的小型的〕新兴公司,新创办企业 an Internet start-up 一家新兴网络公司
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start-upThere were 4000 start-ups in Silicon Valley in 1998.Typical of such an arrangement is the funding provided by Compaq Computers to a start-up in 1986.Former rally driver Jean Denton is battling to reduce red tape and bureaucratic burdens on small firms and start-ups.Compared with the rest of the country, California now has above-average growth in jobs, exports and business start-ups.Those transient troubles occurred on especially cold mornings at initial start-up.Internet start-upsNew start-ups provided 14 percent, and new branches 18 percent.It is not necessary to be a small start-up.I was peripherally involved in a somewhat obstructionist way in the start-up of C-SPAN.Details of the USWeb plan were not available, but sources say the start-up will offer prospective franchisees a turnkey operation.
From Longman Business Dictionarystart-upˈstart-up adjective start-up costs, spending etc are connected with beginning and running a new business or new business activitya start-up budget of £90,000The company saw its profits drop because of the effect of start-up costs at a new plastics molding plant.
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start up

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++start up  start up at start1(PHRASAL VERB)


start up
start up phrasal verb (see also start)
1. if you start up a business, company etc, or it starts up, it begins to exist:
    Tax breaks help new companies start up.
    start something ↔ up
    Jordan started up a band of his own.
2. if an engine, car etc starts up, or you start it up, it begins working:
    The driver got back into the car and started up.
    start something ↔ up
    Rory started up the engine and got the vehicle moving.
3. if a sound, activity, or event starts up, it begins to exist or happen:
    The crickets had started up now that it was evening.


ˌstart ˈup 🔑ˌstart sth↔ˈup 🔑to begin working, happening, etc.; to make sth do this (使)启动,发动,开始I heard his car start up. 我听见他的汽车发动了。🔊Start up the engines! 发动引擎!🔊   see also start-up
See also start