beginning
noun OPAL S
/bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ/
/bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ/
Idioms - [countable, usually singular] the time when something starts; the first part of an event, a story, etc.
开头；开端；开始部分 - A story has to have a beginning, middle, and end.
一个故事必须有开头、中间和结尾。 - beginning of something We missed the beginning of the movie.
我们错过了电影的开头部分。 - 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。 - 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。 - at the beginning of something We're going to Japan at the beginning of July.
我们七月初要去日本。 - The animals were weighed at the beginning and end of the experiment.
实验开始和结束时，对动物进行称重。 - At the beginning of 1836, the work was finished.
1836年初，工作完成。 - from the beginning Let's start again from the beginning.
让我们再从头开始。 - 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。 - Our position was quite clear from the very beginning.
我们的立场从一开始就很明确。
Topics Literature and writinga1- I'm paid at the beginning of each month.
每月月初给我发工资。 - In the beginning I found the course very difficult.
一开始我觉得这门课程很难。 - I disliked her from the very beginning.
我从一开始就不喜欢她。 - Tell me the whole story, right from the beginning.
给我讲一下整件事，从头讲。 - It was an auspicious beginning to his long career.
这是他漫长生涯的良好开端。 - She spoke of a new beginning for the nation.
她谈到了国家的新开端。 - These changes are just the beginning: much more is to come.
这些变化不过是个开始：还会有更多的变化。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- new
- auspicious
- hopeful
- …
- herald
- mark
- represent
- …
- at the beginning (of something)
- from the beginning
- in the beginning
- …
- the beginning of the end
- early beginnings
- first beginnings
- …
- A story has to have a beginning, middle, and end.
- beginnings[plural] the first or early ideas, signs or stages of something
原始思想；前兆；初级阶段 - Did democracy have its beginnings in ancient Greece?
民主制度发端于古希腊吗？ - The company has grown from humble beginnings.
这家公司是从不起眼的起步发展起来的。
- The society had its early beginnings in discussion groups.
这个协会是以讨论小组的形式发端的。 - a custom that traces its beginnings to the 15th century
起源可追溯到 15 世纪的一种风俗 - 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- new
- auspicious
- hopeful
- …
- herald
- mark
- represent
- …
- at the beginning (of something)
- from the beginning
- in the beginning
- …
- the beginning of the end
- early beginnings
- first beginnings
- …
- Did democracy have its beginnings in ancient Greece?
Idioms
the beginning of the end
- the first sign of something ending
结束的前兆；结局的开始 - The scandal was the beginning of the end of his career as a politician.
这一丑闻是他政治家生涯结束的开始。
- It wasn't the end of their marriage, but it was the beginning of the end.
这并不是他们婚姻的结束，但却是结束的先兆。 - That day was the beginning of the end of our friendship.
那天起我们的友谊结束了。
- The scandal was the beginning of the end of his career as a politician.