beginning

noun

1. 开头；开端；开始部分
   the time when sth starts; the first part of an event, a story, etc.
   1. We're going to Japan at the beginning of July.
      我们七月初要去日本。
   2. 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。
   3. We missed the beginning of the movie.
      我们错过了电影的开头部分。
   4. Let's start again from the beginning .
      让我们再从头开始。
   5. 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。
   6. 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. 原始思想；前兆；初级阶段
   the first or early ideas, signs or stages of sth
   1. Did democracy have its beginnings in ancient Greece?
      民主制度创始于古希腊吗？
   2. 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。

1. N-COUNT 开始；开端；开头；起点
   The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
   1. This was also the beginning of her recording career...
      这也是她唱片生涯的开始。
   2. Think of this as a new beginning.
      把这当作一个新起点。
2. N-PLURAL 先兆；开始部分
   The beginnings of something are the signs or events which form the first part of it.
   1. I had the beginnings of a headache...
      我有了头痛的先兆。
   2. The discussions were the beginnings of a dialogue with Moscow.
      讨论拉开了同莫斯科对话的序幕。
3. N-SING 初期；早期
   The beginning of a period of time is the time at which it starts.
   1. The wedding will be at the beginning of March.
      婚礼定于三月初举行。
4. N-COUNT 开头；开篇
   The beginning of a piece of written material is the first words or sentences of it.
   1. ...the question which was raised at the beginning of this chapter.
      在本章开头所提出的问题
5. N-PLURAL 出身；背景；起源
   If you talk about the beginnings of a person, company, or group, you are referring to their backgrounds or origins.
   1. His views come from his own humble beginnings.
      他的观点源于他卑微的出身。
6. ADJ 刚入门的；初级的
   You use beginning to describe someone who is in the early stages of learning to do something.
   1. The people that she had in her classroom were beginning learners.
      她带的这班学生都是初学者。

1. This was also the beginning of her recording career
   这也是她唱片生涯的开始。
2. Think of this as a new beginning.
   把这当作一个新起点。
3. I had the beginnings of a headache
   我有了头痛的先兆。
4. The discussions were the beginnings of a dialogue with Moscow.
   讨论拉开了同莫斯科对话的序幕。
5. The wedding will be at the beginning of March.
   婚礼定于三月初举行。
6. His views come from his own humble beginnings.
   他的观点源于他卑微的出身。
7. The people that she had in her classroom were beginning learners.
   她带的这班学生都是初学者。
8. Wait a minute! I'm beginning to catch on.
   等一下！我开始有点懂了。
9. Prices have climbed by 21% since the beginning of the year
   年初以来，物价已经上涨了21%。
10. The beginning of the solar and lunar years coincided every 13 years.
    太阳年和太阴年的起始时间每13年重合一次。
11. International sanctions were beginning to take effect.
    国际制裁开始起作用了。
12. The birth of Christ was the beginning of a major epoch of world history.
    基督诞生是世界历史上一个重要纪元的开端。
13. The debate seems, in retrospect, to have been fixed from the beginning.
    回想起来，这场辩论好像从一开始就被人操纵了。
14. Frankly, Thomas, this question of your loan is beginning to worry me
    老实讲，托马斯，你贷款的问题开始让我担心了。
15. You're beginning to get the idea.
    你开始明白了。
16. The weather is beginning to improve
    天气开始好转了。
17. We are beginning to have some insight into drug therapy.
    我们开始对药物治疗有了一些深入了解。
18. He had been waiting for over an hour and was beginning to feel irritable.
    他已经等了一个多小时，开始变得急躁了。
19. We are beginning to muddle the extended royal family and the monarchy.
    我们开始混淆皇室大家庭和君主制这两个概念了。
20. I had spent too many hours there and was beginning to get a bit ratty and fed up.
    我在那儿呆了很长时间，开始有点恼火和不耐烦了。
21. The debts of both Poland and Hungary are beginning to smother the reform process.
    波兰和匈牙利的债务正开始扼杀改革的进程。
22. When she contacted me at the beginning of August to enlist support, Sharon and I sprang into action.
    她8月初和我联系请求帮助时，我和沙伦便立即行动起来了。
23. He was wrong from the very beginning
    他从一开始就错了。
24. This is only the beginning.
    这仅仅是开始。
25. I've read the book from beginning to end.
    我把这本书从头至尾都看了。
26. It's too late to go to the football match now; besides, it's beginning to rain.
    现在去看足球比赛太晚了；况且老天又开始下雨了。
27. Our efforts are beginning to have an actual effect.
    我们的努力开始有了实效。
28. They uncovered the statue at the beginning of the ceremony.
    仪式开始时，他们揭去了塑像的罩子。
29. It marks the beginning of a new era in human history.
    这标志着人类历史新纪元的开始。
30. Dawn is beginning to show in the east.
    东方露出了曙光。

n.

the beginning of the end

• 结束的前兆；结局的开始
  the first sign of sth ending

noun

1. the act of starting something
   1. he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations

   Synonym:    startcommencement

2. the first part or section of something
   1. `It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story

3. the event consisting of the start of something
   1. the beginning of the war

4. the place where something begins, where it springs into being
   1. the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
   2. Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
   3. Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
   4. communism's Russian root

   Synonym:    originrootrootagesource

5. the time at which something is supposed to begin
   1. they got an early start
   2. she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her

   Synonym:    commencementfirstoutsetget-gostartkickoffstarting timeshowtimeoffset