start

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1. C，常用单 开始；开端

• We arrived late and missed the start of the film. 我们迟到了，错过了电影的开头。

• The concert was a fiasco from start to finish. 音乐会从头到尾一团糟。

2. C，常用单 开始时间

• The day got off to a bad start when I missed the bus. 打我错过汽车，一天的霉运就开始了。

3. 常用单 起跑线

• The horses were lined up at the start. 马都被排在起跑线上。

4. C，常用单 有利条件；占先地位

• They decided to give me a ten-meter start. 他们决定让我10米。

• His social status gave him a start over us. 他的社会地位使他比我们占优势。

5. 用作单 惊跳；跳起

• He woke up with a start. 他猛然惊醒了。

• The sound of footsteps gave me a start. 那脚步声吓了我一跳。

词组at the start 一开始

• I felt lonely at the start. 一开始我觉得很孤单。

at the start of 1980's 在20世纪80年代初 for a start

1. 首先

• For a start, you have not had enough experience. 首先，你还没有足够的经验。

2. 一开始

• For a start they refused to think about our proposal. 一开始他们没有考虑我们的建议。

from start to finish 自始至终 get the start of sb. 比某人居先(或占优势)