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。 |