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单词 beginning
释义
beginning
(bɪgɪnɪŋ )
Word forms: beginnings
1. countable noun [usually singular] A2
The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
This was also the beginning of her recording career.
Think of this as a new beginning.
Synonyms: start, opening, break [informal], chance  
2. plural noun
The beginnings of something are the signs or events which form the first part of it.
I had the beginnings of a headache.
The discussions were the beginnings of a dialogue with Moscow.
3. singular noun A2
The beginning of a period of time is the time at which it starts.
The wedding will be at the beginning of March.
4. countable noun [usually singular] A2
The beginning of a piece of written material is the first words or sentences of it.
...the question which was raised at the beginning of this chapter. [+ of]
Synonyms: outset, start, opening, birth  
5. plural noun
If you talk about the beginnings of a person, company, or group, you are referring to their backgrounds or origins.
His views come from his own humble beginnings.
Synonyms: origins, family, beginnings, stock  
6. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
You use beginning to describe someone who is in the early stages of learning to do something.
The people that she had in her classroom were beginning learners.
Collocations:
beginning stage
She cites it as one first songs she ever wrote and represents the beginning stage of her music career.
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In reading through dozens of trail diaries, not a single author was found who wrote of dreading to see the elephant in this beginning stage of the trail.
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According to the driver, had he not lost the power, he would have continued through the tunnel, as the fire was just at the beginning stage.
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The beginning stages of labor can take days or even weeks.
Christianity Today
Despite this, a few captive chimpanzees have shown the beginning stages of iconicity.
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herald the beginning
I think this could well herald the beginning of perhaps the most successful road safety campaign yet.
Times, Sunday Times
Harlequins genuinely believe that a first league title in their debut final will herald the beginning of a golden era.
Times, Sunday Times
You won't be surprised to learn that last week's cliffhanger heralds the beginning of a bitter stand-off between two love rivals.
The Sun
This heralds the beginnings of a potential food revolution.
Times, Sunday Times
For the optimists, the rally of the past few weeks heralds the beginning of the next great bull market.
Times, Sunday Times
humble beginnings
It crowned an unlikely rise from humble beginnings.
The Sun
Nope, her ancestors had humble beginnings but one of them was a fancy photographer.
The Sun
Would-be candidates have been accused of hyping up their humble beginnings in a bid to appeal to grassroots members.
The Sun
To say that she came from humble beginnings would be to undermine the dignity of the word 'humble'.
Times, Sunday Times
But it's difficult to begrudge him his house, because he's worked incredibly hard for it, hauling himself up from humble beginnings.
Times, Sunday Times
inauspicious beginning
Still, it was a relatively inauspicious beginning for someone destined to build one of the world’s great fortunes.
Smithsonian Mag
It was an inauspicious beginning to my new experience, which could last between 74 and 92 minutes, depending on the options taken.
Times, Sunday Times
But from this inauspicious beginning, the community struggled on to a first summer of great plenty.
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This inauspicious beginning led to a lifelong interest in the food industry.
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From this inauspicious beginning and after years of technological advances, the hobby has improved dramatically in both reliability and playability.
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mark the beginning
They passed the barbed wire coils that marked the beginning of the Russian sector.
McKewan, Ian THE INNOCENT (1989)
It wasn't a big or important one, just one which at the little racecourse marked the beginning of the flat-racing season.
Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
A year after his return, in October of 1929, came the stock market crash which marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
Clive Barker GALILEE (2001)
modest beginnings
But the superstar vowed not to forget his modest beginnings.
The Sun
Despite his modest beginnings, his businesses have an annual turnover of 200 million.
Times, Sunday Times
He says he built the business up over 20 years from modest beginnings.
The Sun
From modest beginnings, he became the voice of cricket.
Times, Sunday Times
From modest beginnings converting ambulances and military vehicles to four-wheel drive, this company became a leading supplier of design, engineering and prototyping services of the motor industry.
Times, Sunday Times
new beginning
But all in all, he seemed interested to make a new beginning.
Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945 (2003)
This could be a wonderful new beginning for a happier life.
The Sun (2016)
You have been given a new beginning.
Munro, Bill Dr. & Munro, Frances Beat Stress (1992)
I could wallow in sadness and destroy my body through bad food and overeating, or treat our separation as an opportunity for a new beginning.
The Sun (2016)
promising beginning
Despite a promising beginning, you've heard the chorus a thousand times before.
The Sun
A promising beginning, but unfortunately it's never developed.
Christianity Today
After such a promising beginning the film seems to have itself been enveloped in a bright wispy mist, extinguishing all life and appeal.
The Sun
But it was not a promising beginning.
Times, Sunday Times
It was a promising beginning, but unfortunately proved to be one of the highlights of an attritional opening half.
Times, Sunday Times
signal the beginning of
The empty bed signalled the beginning of the worst week of their lives.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
That signalled the beginning of a frenetic denouement.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is the first bank to impose such a fee, and signals the beginning of the end for free banking.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
the very beginning
But from the very beginning he handled the situation badly.
The Sun (2014)
The first of Blackburn's misses came at the very beginning of the second half.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But why limit participation to those at the very beginning of the world of work?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Translations:
Chinese: 开始
Japanese: 始め
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