beginnings

英 [bɪˈgɪnɪŋz]

美 [bɪˈgɪnɪŋz]

n.  开头; 开端; 开始部分; 原始思想; 前兆; 初级阶段
beginning的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 开始；开端；开头；起点
  Thebeginning ofan event or process is the first part of it.
  1. This was also the beginning of her recording career...
     这也是她唱片生涯的开始。
  2. Think of this as a new beginning.
     把这当作一个新起点。
• N-PLURAL 先兆；开始部分
  Thebeginnings ofsomething are the signs or events which form the first part of it.
  1. I had the beginnings of a headache...
     我有了头痛的先兆。
  2. The discussions were the beginnings of a dialogue with Moscow.
     讨论拉开了同莫斯科对话的序幕。
• N-SING 初期；早期
  Thebeginning ofa period of time is the time at which it starts.
  1. The wedding will be at the beginning of March.
     婚礼定于三月初举行。
• N-COUNT 开头；开篇
  Thebeginning ofa piece of written material is the first words or sentences of it.
  1. ...the question which was raised at the beginning of this chapter.
     在本章开头所提出的问题
• N-PLURAL 出身；背景；起源
  If you talk about thebeginningsof a person, company, or group, you are referring to their backgrounds or origins.
  1. His views come from his own humble beginnings.
     他的观点源于他卑微的出身。
• ADJ 刚入门的；初级的
  You usebeginningto describe someone who is in the early stages of learning to do something.
  1. The people that she had in her classroom were beginning learners.
     她带的这班学生都是初学者。

双语例句

• In fact, his business career had distinctly unpromising beginnings
  事实上，他的经商生涯从初期就明显前景暗淡。
• This is a time of endings and new beginnings.
  这是一段结束和重新开始的时期。
• Today's New Moon marks both new beginnings and also the beginning of the end.
  今天的新月既标志着新的开端，也标志着结束的开端。
• The beginnings of the English occupation of Australia also occurred in the eighteenth century.
  英国人对澳大利亚的占领也开始在十八世纪。
• Today is a day of new beginnings.
  今天是一个新的开端一天。
• From these modest beginnings, advertising has developed into a highly specialized and profitable business.
  从这些平凡的开端，广告业发展成了高度专业化和高利润的行业。
• Out of these beginnings arose the medieval universities.
  中世纪大学从这些刚建立的学校中诞生了。
• He's not that great, you know. I saw the beginnings of a bald patch.
  他没那么英俊，你知道，我看到他有点秃头了。
• This conception of america's beginnings in the17th century is for the most part true.
  美国历史是从17世纪开始的说法大体上是正确的。
• And Iggy Azalea has come a long way from her humble beginnings in small town country Australia.
  IggyAzalea来自澳大利亚的一个小镇里，她从开始发展到现在一路过关斩将，经历了很多。