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To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
——Oscar Wilde
爱自己是终身浪漫的开始。
——奥斯卡·王尔德
【相关单词短语讲解】
beginning英 [bɡn] 美 [bɡn]
n. 开头；开端；开始部分；原始思想；前兆；初级阶段
v. 开始；启动；起始；开始存在(或进行)；起初是；本来是
begin的现在分词
（1）开始；开端；开头；起点：The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
This was also the beginning of her recording career.
这也是她唱片生涯的开始。
（2）先兆；开始部分：The beginnings of something are the signs or events which form the first part of it.
I had the beginnings of a headache.
我有了头痛的先兆。
（3）初期；早期：The beginning of a period of time is the time at which it starts.
The wedding will be at the beginning of March.
婚礼定于三月初举行。
（4）开头；开篇：The beginning of a piece of written material is the first words or sentences of it.
the question which was raised at the beginning of this chapter
在本章开头所提出的问题
（5）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.
His views come from his own humble beginnings.
他的观点源于他卑微的出身。
（6）刚入门的；初级的：You use beginning to describe someone who is in the early stages of learning to do something.
The people that she had in her classroom were beginning learners.
她带的这班学生都是初学者。
【与beginning有关的搭配】
（1）at /in the beginning 起初，在开始时。
And at/inthe beginning, I didn"t quite understand what all this was about.
我起初不太明白这一切究竟是怎么回事。
——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
Everything"s hard in the beginning.
万事开头难。
——《汉英大词典》
（2）at the beginning of 在……之初，在……开始时
Early bird discounts are usually available at the beginning of the season.
在换季之初抢先购买通常会有折扣优惠。
——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
（3）from the beginning 从开始，从一开始
Let"s start again from the beginning.
让我们再从头开始。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
（4）from beginning to end 从头至尾
I"ve read the whole book from beginning to end and still can"t understand it.
我把整本书从头到尾看了一遍，但还是没看懂。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
（5）just the beginning 仅仅是开始
But this was just the beginning of something bigger!
但这只是更大事业的开始！
（中考真题- 2015 江西 阅读B）
You see, welcoming someone into warmth and safety is just the beginning.
要知道，用温暖和安全感来迎接某些人仅仅只是个开始。
（中考真题- 2018 南京 短文填空B）
（6）a new beginning 新的开始
Think of this as a new beginning.
把这当作一个新起点。
——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
【at the beginning/in the beginning/at the beginning of 辨析】
1. at the beginning 和 in the beginning 都有“起初、开始、原先”之意。两者间 没有明显的区别，通常可互换。如：
You"ll find it difficult to learn Spanish at/in the beginning.
起初，你会觉得学习西班牙语很难。
At/In the beginning I didn"t know this.
开始我不知道这事。
2. 如果表示当今世界的开头，则必须用in the beginning
In the beginning there were no men nor animals nor plants.
在盘古开天辟地时，既没有人，也没有动植物。
3. at the beginning of “在……之初”， 其后通常接表时间、事件或其它意义的名词。
At the beginning of the 20th century almost a third of the population lived off the land.
20世纪初几乎有三分之一的人口依靠种地为生。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
The tune was composed at the beginning of the War of Liberation.
这支曲子是在解放战争初期谱写的。
——《汉英大词典》
Leave two blank spaces at the beginning of each paragraph.
每段开头要空两格。
——《汉英大词典》
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