1 N-COUNT [usually singular] 开始；开端；开头；起点 The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it. 开始；开端；开头；起点
SYN start, opening, break [informal] , chance
2 N-PLURAL 先兆；开始部分 The beginnings of something are the signs or events which form the first part of it. 先兆；开始部分
3 N-SING 初期；早期 The beginning of a period of time is the time at which it starts. 初期；早期
4 N-COUNT [usually singular] 开头；开篇 The beginning of a piece of written material is the first words or sentences of it. 开头；开篇
SYN outset, start, opening, birth
5 N-PLURAL 出身；背景；起源 If you talk about the beginnings of a person, company, or group, you are referring to their backgrounds or origins. 出身；背景；起源
SYN origins, family, beginnings, stock
6 ADJ [ADJ n] 刚入门的；初级的 You use beginning to describe someone who is in the early stages of learning to do something. 刚入门的；初级的
ThesaurusWord Partnership
| Thesaurus | beginning Also look up: |
| N. | birth, conception, genesis; (ant.) conclusion, end 1 inception, introduction, start; (ant.) conclusion, end 3 |
| Word Partnership | Use beginning with: |
| PREP. | beginning of something, from/since the beginning, in the beginning 1 3 |
| ADV. | just the beginning 1 3 |
| ADJ. | a new beginning 1 3 4 |
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