| 单词 | beginning |
| 释义 | beginning /bi gin"ing/, n. 1. an act or circumstance of entering upon an action or state: the beginning of hostilities. 2. the point of time or space at which anything begins: the beginning of the Christian era; the beginning of the route. 3. the first part: the beginning of the book; the beginning of the month. 4. Often, beginnings. the initial stage or part of anything: the beginnings of science. 5. origin; source; first cause: A misunderstanding about the rent was the beginning of their quarrel. adj. 6. just formed: a beginning company. 7. first; opening: the beginning chapters of a book. 8. basic or introductory: beginning Spanish. 9. learning the fundamentals: a beginning swimmer. [1175-1225; ME beginnung, -ing. See BEGIN, -ING1] Syn. 1. initiation, inauguration, inception. 2. start, commencement, outset, onset, arising, emergence. Ant. 1. ending. 2. end. |
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