beginning

US [bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ]
UK [bɪ'ɡɪnɪŋ]
  • n.开头;开端;开始部分;原始思想
  • v.“begin”的现在分词
  • Web起源;起点;初
Plural Form:beginnings  
beginning
n.
1.
[c][ususing]
~ (of sth)
开头;开端;开始部分the time when sth starts; the first part of an event, a story, etc.
We're going to Japan at the beginning of July.
我们七月初要去日本。
She's been working there since the beginning of last summer.
她自从去年夏初起就一直在那里工作。
We missed the beginning of the movie.
我们错过了电影的开头部分。
Let's start again from the beginning .
让我们再从头开始。
The birth of their first child marked the beginning of a new era in their married life.
第一个孩子的出世使他们的婚姻生活开始了一个新阶段。
I've read the whole book from beginning to end and still can't understand it.
我把整本书从头到尾看了一遍,但还是没看懂。
2.
[pl]
原始思想;前兆;初级阶段the first or early ideas, signs or stages of sth
Did democracy have its beginnings in ancient Greece?
民主制度发端于古希腊吗?
He built up his multimillion-pound music business from small beginnings .
他从小本生意起步,逐步建立起了数百万英镑的音乐企业。

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