beginning

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beginning的基本意思是“开始,起源”,既可指某一时间或时期的开始,又可指某一事件的开始或开端。
beginning指时间或时期的开始时,通常用作不可数名词,前面有时用介词,有时不用; 指事情的开始或开端时,通常用作可数名词,常用复数beginnings,前面可用介词in。
beginning可构成介词短语(如in the beginning)或短语介词(如at the beginning of),前者一般用于时间,而后者则既可用于时间,又可用于空间。
from the beginning意为“从开始便……”。He was opposed to the plan from the beginning. 他从一开始就反对这个计划。
at the beginning意为“起初”。He was opposed to the plan at the beginning. 他起初反对这个计划，但后来就不反对了。
at the beginning和in the beginning用法一致，前者用得更多些，但说世界的开端时要用in。In the beginning there were no living creatures. 句中at不可替换成in。

School teaching, however good, can only make a beginning and create a desire for further advance.
学校教育无论怎样好,只能是开一个好头,唤起学生进一步提高的愿望。

The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
Thebeginningsof something are the signs or events which form the first part of it.
Thebeginningof a period of time is the time at which it starts.
The beginning of a piece of written material is the first words or sentences of it.
If you talk about the beginnings of a person, company, or group, you are referring to their backgrounds or origins.

起步
However, capital marketing is just at the beginning of development.
但是，资本营销处于刚刚起步的萌芽阶段。
法学
开始
Making environmental law is the beginning of the operation of environmental law.
环境立法是环境法运作的开始，也是环境法作用于社会的初始环节。
文学
发轫

开端
The outbreak of the Second World War marked the beginning of the change of the Australian view and policy towards Asia.
第二次世界大战的爆发成为澳大利亚亚洲观和亚洲政策重新取向的开端。
计算机科学技术
开始
期初