n.開始；開端；起源；早期

adj.剛開始的

動(dòng)詞begin的現(xiàn)在分詞.

The trees are just beginning to leaf. 樹剛剛開始長葉子。

He was biased against the plan from the beginning. 他從一開始就對(duì)這個(gè)計(jì)劃有偏見。

The knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation. 認(rèn)罪是得救的開端。

We have already made a good beginning. 我們已經(jīng)有了一個(gè)良好的開端。

English democracy had its beginning in the Magna Charta. 英國的民主起源於大憲章。

He presented a new concept of the beginning of the universe. 他提出了一種宇宙起源的新概念。

Fr.Sergio Ticozzi has recently finished his manuscript on the biographies of PIME fathers in Hong Kong from the very beginning of the mission. 在香港工作的會(huì)士傳記，包括最早期在香港開展傳教工作的傳教士之生平及工作實(shí)錄。

That’s why, in this beginning stage of my new habit, I've been focusing on pleasure. 這就是為什么在我剛開始鍛煉的時(shí)候，我總是把焦點(diǎn)放在鍛煉的樂趣上。

I have some problem about efficiency in my beginning term. 最近時(shí)間安排上有些問題，導(dǎo)致了效率低下。

from the beginning意為“從開始便……”。 He was opposed to the plan from the beginning.他從一開始就反對(duì)這個(gè)計(jì)劃。

at the beginning意為“起初”。 He was opposed to the plan at the beginning.他起初反對(duì)這個(gè)計(jì)劃，但后來就不反對(duì)了。

at the beginning和in the beginning用法一致，前者用得更多些，但說世界的開端時(shí)要用in。 In the beginning there were no living creatures.句中at不可替換成in。

beginning的基本意思是“開始,起源”,既可指某一時(shí)間或時(shí)期的開始,又可指某一事件的開始或開端。

beginning指時(shí)間或時(shí)期的開始時(shí),通常用作不可數(shù)名詞,前面有時(shí)用介詞,有時(shí)不用; 指事情的開始或開端時(shí),通常用作可數(shù)名詞,常用復(fù)數(shù)beginnings,前面可用介詞in。

beginning可構(gòu)成介詞短語(如in the beginning)或短語介詞(如at the beginning of),前者一般用于時(shí)間,而后者則既可用于時(shí)間,又可用于空間。