【beginning】 - AEAS备考词汇

beginning

UK:  [bɪ'ɡɪnɪŋ]

US:  [bɪ'ɡɪnɪŋ]

复数：beginnings  

n.

1.初,当初;开始,端绪,发端;出发点

2.开头,发端;起点,起始,起源;出发点

3.开端

4.本原,起源

5.起头部分

6.早期阶段

7.萌芽,雏形,一出世

8.前奏,征兆

1 . At the beginning, I think this joint venture should be of a moderate size. The total investment would be US$10 millon.
开始阶段，我想这样一个合资企业规模不要太大，总投资额为1000万美元。

2 . It all seemed so insignificant compared to what was now beginning and had already begun for him.
它比什么都显得那么渺小，现在已经开始为他而开始。

3 . Now our family members are scattered around the world and are beginning to lose contact with our ever growing family members.
现在我们的家庭成员被驱散在这个世界和开始丢失联络与我们的曾经增长的家庭成员。

4 . Demonstrations and strikes have shaken authorities and they're beginning to crack down on those companies who don't follow the rules.
工人的抗议示威和罢工使当局受到了震动，他们开始对那些不按规定行事的公司采取严厉措施。

5 . He had very light hair, with darker patches here and there, and a moustache just beginning to show.
他头发的颜色很淡，偶尔有些地方颜色稍深，胡子刚刚冒出茬来。