1. C U 开始　 first part
2. C U 源，根源　 source; origin

　auspicious ～　吉祥的开端
　every ～　每一个开端
　excellent ～　极好的开端
　favourable ～　良好的开端
　good ～　良好的开端
　hopeful ～　有希望的开端
　little ～　微不足道的开端
　modest ～　平淡无奇的开端
　promising ～　大有希望的开端
　successful ～　成功的开端
　suitable ～　适当的开端
　unpromising ～　毫无希望的开端
　unrecorded ～　没有记载的开端
　at the ～　在…开始
　in the ～　在…开始时
　～ of　…的开始
　～ with　在…方面的开端

　School teaching, however good, can only make a beginning and create a desire for further advance.　学校教育无论怎样好，只能是开一个好头，唤起学生进一步提高的愿望。
　He had been taken to see several of the bosses, with the result that one had promised him a job the beginning of the next week.　他已经接受了很多个老板的面试，其中一个答应下星期初给他安排工作。
　That was the beginning of my troubles.　我的麻烦开始了。
　I missed the beginning of the film.　我没能看到那部影片的开头。
　You have the beginnings of a double chin.　你已经开始有双下巴了。
　But it was only a small beginning.　但这件事开头规模很小。
　Start at the beginning and play the piece again.　从头开始，这段再弹一遍。
　The beginning of the trip was dull.　旅游的一开始就很乏味。
　A good beginning makes a good ending.　良好的开端创造良好的结果。
　It is a good beginning.　这是个良好的开端。
　You've made a good beginning.　你已经作出了良好的开端。
　When studying a foreign language, it is important to make a good beginning.　当学习一种外语时，重要的是要有一个良好的开端。
　It was an excellent beginning of the story.　从头讲这个故事吧。
　The idea of the airplane had its beginning with study of the flight of birds.　制造飞机的想法起源于对鸟类的研究。
　Did democracy have its beginnings in Athens?　民主制度是创始于雅典吗?
　Many big businesses start from small beginnings.　很多大企业都是从小企业起步的。
　This industry had its beginning in 1864.　这门工业创办于1864年。

 ♣ at the beginning
　起初　in the beginning
　He disliked it at the beginning.　他起初就不喜欢它。
　It is at the beginning that the greatest difficulty is encountered.　正是在开始时遇到了最大的困难。
 ♣ at the beginning of
　在…初　when sth begins
　At the beginning of the term, I found it difficult to study English.　在这学期初，我感到学英语很困难。
　At the beginning of June an event occurred.　在6月初，事件发生了。
　I ought to be fit for work at the beginning of the year.　我在今年初就应该适应工作。
　A war broke out at the beginning of the century.　战争在本世纪初爆发了。
　We are only at the beginning of the voyage, and have to learn an entirely new system of seamanship.　我们刚刚踏上航程的第一步，还有一个全新的航海技术要学呢。
　You will find the sentence at the beginning of the chapter.　你在这章的一开头就能找到这句话。
　This adverb can also be placed at the beginning of the sentence.　这个副词可以放在句首。
 ♣ beginning of the end
　预示结果的先兆　first clear sign of the final (and usually unfavourable) outcome
　It was the beginning of the end of the Second World War.　这是第二次世界大战结束的先兆。
　It was the beginning of the end of his prosperity.　这是他兴旺发达终于结束的先兆。
 ♣ from beginning to end
　从头至尾　from start to its end
　I've read the book from beginning to end.　我从头至尾通读了这本书。
　From beginning to end his conduct had been despicable and wicked.　从头到尾他的行为既卑鄙又可恶。
　The principle had been pernicious from beginning to end.　这条原则自始至终都是有害的。
　The book of travels was interesting from beginning to end.　这本有关旅游的书从头至尾都很有趣。
 ♣ from the beginning
　从一开始　as soon as sth occurs
　From the very beginning they failed.　他们一开始就失败了。
　He hits back from the beginning.　他一开始就打回去了。
　I knew right from the beginning that it would not pay.　我一开始就知道那是不合算的。
　But Jason, always, from the beginning, was my friend.　但是杰森从一开始就是我的朋友。
 ♣ in the beginning
　在开始时　at the time of beginning
　In the beginning there were no men, nor animals, nor plants.　最初，世界上没有人、没有动物，也没有植物。
　In the beginning some of us took no interest in it.　开始时，我们中的一些人对此并不感兴趣。
　You will find it rather difficult in the beginning.　你在一开始会发现很困难。
　In the beginning, he had one small shop, now he is the owner of a vast business, with many branches.　最初，他只有一家小商店，现在他是一位拥有许多子公司的大企业的老板。
　In the beginning, the planet upon which we live was a large ball of flaming matter.　在当初，我们居住的这个星球原是一团燃烧着的火球。

 ♣ at the beginning, from the beginning, in the beginning
　这组短语都有“开始”的意思。其区别是：
1. at the beginning是“起初…”，后来可能有变化；from the beginning是“从一开头便…”，并不是“后来才…”。例如：
　I opposed the plan at the beginning.　我起初反对这个计划（也许后来不反对了）。
　I opposed the plan from the beginning.　我一开始就反对这个计划（并不是后来才反对的）。
2. at the beginning和in the beginning没有太大的区别， in the beginning现在用得较少。但说“世界之初”时必须用in；而在begin at the beginning这一短语里的at不可以改为in. 例如：
　She disliked the new house at〔in〕 the beginning.　她起初不喜欢这栋新房子。
　They begin at the beginning.　他们从头开始。
　In the beginning there was no air.　世界之初没有空气。

　我已经把这本书从头到尾读完了。
　［误］ I have read the book from the beginning to the end.
　［正］ I have read the book from beginning to end.
　［析］ from beginning to end是固定习语，表示“从头至尾”， beginning和end之前不能加冠词。

　［同义词］ commencement, emergence, initiation, outset, start; birth, origin, rise, source
　［反义词］ ending, finish, termination