beginning

英 [bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ]

美 [bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ]

n.  开头; 开端; 开始部分; 原始思想; 前兆; 初级阶段
v.  开始; 启动; 起始; 开始存在(或进行); 起初是; 本来是
begin的现在分词

复数：beginnings　现在分词：beginning　

高考CET4CET6考研IELTS

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1242 / COCA.1200

习惯用语

n.

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

牛津词典

noun

• 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。
• 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。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 开始；开端；开头；起点
  Thebeginning ofan 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。
• N-PLURAL 先兆；开始部分
  Thebeginnings ofsomething 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。
• N-SING 初期；早期
  Thebeginning ofa 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。
• N-COUNT 开头；开篇
  Thebeginning ofa 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
• N-PLURAL 出身；背景；起源
  If you talk about thebeginningsof 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。
• ADJ 刚入门的；初级的
  You usebeginningto 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。

英英释义

noun

• the act of starting something
  1. he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations
  Synonym:startcommencement
• the first part or section of something
  1. `It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story
• the event consisting of the start of something
  1. the beginning of the war
• 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
• 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

双语例句

• 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。
• This is only the beginning.
  这仅仅是开始。
• Wait a minute! I'm beginning to catch on.
  等一下！我开始有点懂了。
• 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。
• 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。
• You're beginning to get the idea.
  你开始明白了。
• Think of this as a new beginning.
  把这当作一个新起点。
• 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。
• Prices have climbed by 21% since the beginning of the year
  年初以来，物价已经上涨了21%。
• 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。