| 释义 |
- a place where a journey starts出发点
- (formal) an idea, a theory or an event that is used to start a discussion, an activity, etc.抛砖引玉的事物；起点
- The author takes Freud's dream theories as the point of departure for his essay.作者以弗洛伊德的释梦理论作为他论文的出发点。
See also departure | point |