n.开始；开端；起源；早期
adj.刚开始的
动词begin的现在分词.
The trees are just beginning to leaf. 树刚刚开始长叶子。
He was biased against the plan from the beginning. 他从一开始就对这个计划有偏见。
The knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation. 认罪是得救的开端。
We have already made a good beginning. 我们已经有了一个良好的开端。
English democracy had its beginning in the Magna Charta. 英国的民主起源於大宪章。
He presented a new concept of the beginning of the universe. 他提出了一种宇宙起源的新概念。
Fr.Sergio Ticozzi has recently finished his manuscript on the biographies of PIME fathers in Hong Kong from the very beginning of the mission. 在香港工作的会士传记，包括最早期在香港开展传教工作的传教士之生平及工作实录。
用作形容词 (adj.)That’s why, in this beginning stage of my new habit, I've been focusing on pleasure. 这就是为什么在我刚开始锻炼的时候，我总是把焦点放在锻炼的乐趣上。
I have some problem about efficiency in my beginning term. 最近时间安排上有些问题，导致了效率低下。
from the beginning意为“从开始便……”。 He was opposed to the plan from the beginning.他从一开始就反对这个计划。
at the beginning意为“起初”。 He was opposed to the plan at the beginning.他起初反对这个计划，但后来就不反对了。
at the beginning和in the beginning用法一致，前者用得更多些，但说世界的开端时要用in。 In the beginning there were no living creatures.句中at不可替换成in。
n.(名词)beginning的基本意思是“开始,起源”,既可指某一时间或时期的开始,又可指某一事件的开始或开端。
beginning指时间或时期的开始时,通常用作不可数名词,前面有时用介词,有时不用; 指事情的开始或开端时,通常用作可数名词,常用复数beginnings,前面可用介词in。
beginning可构成介词短语(如in the beginning)或短语介词(如at the beginning of),前者一般用于时间,而后者则既可用于时间,又可用于空间。
