• my nciku
  • conversations
  • Q&A
  • theme words
  • tools
  • nciku mini

listen

 Auto Play

listen

 Auto Play
PETS rank
beginning

?�★

Font Size

Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

beginning [bɪ'gɪnɪŋ]
  1. 1. noun [c] [of event, period, book] 开始
  2. 2. n pl beginnings 征兆
    at the beginning
    开始时
    right from the beginning {or} from the very beginning
    从一开始

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

beginning [bɪ 'gɪnɪŋ] [bɪ 'gɪnɪŋ]
  1. 1. noun 开始开端
    Today is the second year anniversary of the beginning of the cooperation between the two countries.
    今天是两国开始合作的两周年纪念日
    I liked Peter at the beginning, but I'm bored with him now.
    开始我是喜欢彼特的,但现在我又对他厌倦了。
  2. 2. noun 起始的时间起点起源来源根源
    English democracy had its beginning in the Magna Charta.
    英国的民主起源于大宪章。
    It was the beginning of 1982 when I met him for the first time.
    我和他初次见面是在1982年年初。
    All you have to do is go back to the beginning and start it again.
    你要做的就是回到原点重新开始
  3. 3. noun (书等的)开头部分,卷首
    If you look at the beginning of the book, you'll find a brief introduction by the author.
    如果你看下本书的开头,就会找到作者写的简介
    She's not able to watch a movie from the beginning to the end.
    不能把一部电影从头到尾好好看完。
  4. 4. noun [通常复数形态]早期阶段先例
    the beginnings of scientific agriculture
    科学农业的早期阶段
    The city's beginnings come from Roman Times.
    这座城市始建于罗马时代

Collins English-English Dictionary

beginning [bɪ'gɪnɪŋ]
  1. 1. n a start; commencement
  2. 2. n [often plural] a first or early part or stage
  3. 3. n the place where or time when something starts
  4. 4. n an origin; source

Examples

right from the beginning {or} from the very beginning
从一开始 beginning
English democracy had its beginning in the Magna Charta.
英国的民主起源于大宪章。 beginning
the beginning of a book
一本书的卷首
efforts that are beginning to tell
正开始奏效的努力 tell
her head beginning to whirl
她的头开始发晕 whirl
Her age is beginning to tell.
她开始衰老了。 tell
The pressures of her job are beginning to tell on her.
工作的压力已经开始对她产生影响了。
My T-shirt was beginning to turn yellow.
我的T恤衫开始变黄了。 yellow
It was the beginning of 1982 when I met him for the first time.
我和他初次见面是在1982年年初。 beginning
Today is the second year anniversary of the beginning of the cooperation between the two countries.
今天是两国开始合作的两周年纪念日。 beginning

Would you like to know more about this word? Simply click the button on the right to ask real people.
You can also check your questions and answers at ‘ My nciku > Posts ’.

Thesaurus

Revised Vocab Lists

This word has been edited
2 times by users.

View

Recently Reviewed Words

Content partners 外研社collins