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beginning

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be·gin·ning /bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ/ ●●● S1 W2 noun [countableC usually singular]  
1  BEGINNINGthe start or first part of an event, story, period of time etc 〔事件、故事、一段时间等的〕开始，开端，起点
beginning of
 She’s been here since the beginning of the year.
她今年年初就来了。
 There’s a short poem at the beginning of every chapter.
每一章的开头都有一首短诗。
 From the beginning of my career as a journalist, I’ve been writing about gender issues.
从我一开始干记者这一行，我就写性别议题的题材。
 I thought he loved me; perhaps he did in the beginning.
我以为他爱我，也许开始时他确实是爱我的。
 That chance meeting marked the beginning of a long and happy relationship.
那次邂逅展开了一段长久而幸福的关系。
 This is just the beginning of a new and different life for you.
这只是你新的别样生活的开始。
 I said he would cause trouble, right from the beginning.
我一开始就说过，他会惹事。
 I opposed it from the very beginning.
我一开始就反对。
 The whole trip was a disaster from beginning to end.
旅途从头到尾都在出乱子。
 I feel like I’ve been offered a new beginning.
我感觉好像有了一个重新开始的机会。
 Could we start at the beginning? Tell me where you first met him.
我们从头讲起好吗？告诉我，你是在哪里认识他的？
2  beginnings [plural]BEGINNING the early signs or stages of something that later develops into something bigger or more important 先兆；起源；开端
beginnings of
 I think I have the beginnings of a cold.
我感觉要感冒了。
from humble/small beginnings
 He rose from humble beginnings to great wealth.
他出身卑微，如今已腰缠万贯。
Examples from the Corpus
beginnings• a report on the beginnings of the AIDS epidemic
3. the beginning of the end the time when something good starts to end 结束的先兆，结局的开始
Examples from the Corpus
the beginning of the end• Can this be the beginning of the end for vastly over priced computer training courses?• Would this be the beginning of the end of the regime?• One seat: Was it the beginning of the end?• In retrospect it is clear to me that my arrival at Salomon marked the beginning of the end of that hallowed institution.• His death was the beginning of the end, the ultimate cause, as Rex sees it, of his own injuries.• It was the beginning of the end.• The failure of those protests was the beginning of the end of a postwar dream of social transformation through political means.• Mandela's release was the beginning of the end of apartheid.• That, according to a 150-page draft report, was the beginning of the end.
n GRAMMAR: Prepositions with beginning
You say in the beginning:
In the beginning, she didn’t like him.
You say at the beginning of a period of time:
I started my new job at the beginning of the year.
✗Don’t say: in the beginning of the year
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
a new beginning
The country needed a new government and a new beginning.
verbs
mark the beginning of something (also signal/herald the beginning of something) (=show that something is starting to happen)
This event marked the beginning of a ten-year worldwide depression.
see the beginning of something (=be the time when something important starts to happen)
The 1970s saw the beginning of a technological revolution.
phrases
right at/from the beginning (=used for emphasis)
That’s what I suggested right at the beginning.
at/from the very beginning (=used for emphasis)
He had been lying to me from the very beginning.
start at the beginning (=start a story or activity at the first part)
Just start at the beginning and tell us exactly what happened.
from beginning to end
The whole project was full of problems from beginning to end.
something is just/only the beginning (=used to emphasize that many more things will happen)
Signing the contract is just the beginning of a long process.
 THESAURUS
beginning the first part of something such as a story, event, or period of time 开始，开头
The beginning of the movie is very violent.
这部影片的开头很暴力。
Let’s go back to the beginning.
让我们回到开始的地方。
start the beginning of something, or the way something begins 开始
Tomorrow marks the start of the presidential election campaign.
明天总统竞选活动正式开始。
It was not a good start to the day.
对这一天而言，这不是个好的开始。
nThe runners lined up for the start of the race.
commencement formal the beginning of something – used especially in official contexts 开端，开始 〔尤用于正式语境〕
the commencement of the academic year
学年的开始
nthe commencement of the contract
origin the point from which something starts to exist 起源，起因
He wrote a book about the origins of the universe.
他写了本有关宇宙起源的书。
The tradition has its origins in medieval times.
这一传统起源于中世纪。
the onset of something the time when something bad begins, such as illness, old age, or cold weather 某（坏）事的开始[发作]
the onset of winter
冬天的来临
An active lifestyle can delay the onset of many diseases common to aging.
积极的生活方式能够延缓许多老年常见疾病的发作。
dawn literary the beginning of an important period of time in history 〔某个重要历史时期的〕开端
People have worshipped gods since the dawn of civilization.
自有文明以来人们就敬奉神明。
birth the beginning of something important that will change many people’s lives 〔将改变许多人生活的重要事情的〕诞生，出现
the birth of democracy in South Africa
南非民主的诞生
the birth of the environmental movement
环境保护运动的起始
Examples from the Corpus
beginning• School children are taught that stories should have a beginning, a middle and an end.• That was how we'd set it up from the beginning.• From the beginning it was decided that the Group should be entirely independent of Aldus.• It was the beginning of the end.• The beginning of the movie is very violent.• Joan's been involved in disabled sport from its very beginning, at the Paraplegic Games at Stoke Mandeville in 1948.• The author tells us who the killer is at the very beginning of the novel.
beginning of• The solstice marks the beginning of winter.
be·gin·ning noun →n GRAMMAR1 →n COLLOCATIONS1
→THESAURUS1
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