starting point

英 [ˈstɑːtɪŋ pɔɪnt]

美 [ˈstɑːrtɪŋ pɔɪnt]

n.  (讨论或过程的)起点，基础; (旅行的)起点，出发点

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牛津词典

noun

• （讨论或过程的）起点，基础
  a thing, an idea or a set of facts that can be used to begin a discussion or process
  1. The article served as a useful starting point for our discussion.
     这篇文章成了我们展开讨论的良好起点。
• （旅行的）起点，出发点
  the place where you begin a journey

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (讨论、过程的)起点，基础，出发点
  Something that is astarting point fora discussion or process can be used to begin it or act as a basis for it.
  1. These proposals represent a realistic starting point for negotiation...
     这些建议是谈判的现实出发点。
  2. A pair of pretty, faded pink antique curtains was the starting point for the room's colour scheme.
     一幅漂亮的褪色仿旧粉色窗帘是房间色彩搭配的基调。
• N-COUNT (旅程的)出发点，起点
  When you make a journey, yourstarting pointis the place from which you start.
  1. The newly built airport acts as a starting point for safaris into the game parks and reserves of northern Tanzania...
     新建的机场是去坦桑尼亚北部野生动物园和保护区观看野生动物的出发点。
  2. They had already walked a couple of miles or more from their starting point.
     他们从起点出发已经走了至少几英里。

英英释义

noun

• earliest limiting point
  Synonym:terminus a quo

双语例句

• In our view, that question is the wrong starting point.
  我们认为，这个问题是个错误的出发点。
• She sees the bar as a starting point and eventually plans to run her own chain of country inns.
  她把那间酒吧当作一个起点，最终计划是经营自己的乡村旅馆连锁店。
• The person who gives the first number sets the starting point.
  第一个给出数字的那个人设置了一个起点。
• We know where we are and it's a good starting point.
  我们知道了我们的位置，这是个好的开始。
• Find reached the starting point of the search.
  查找达到了搜索的起始点。
• The Application and System Portfolio is the starting point for the Plan phase.
  企业和系统投资组合（ApplicationandSystemPortfolio）是计划阶段的起点。
• Communitarianism's criticism of the logical starting point, value and ultimate aims of the Theory of Justice.
  社群主义对罗尔斯正义论的逻辑起点、价值取向和终极目的等方面进行了全面的批判。
• In the previous chain, you selected the element, so that is the starting point.
  在前面的链中，选择了元素，所以这就是起点。
• You have reached a new starting point; so feel free to plant some new seeds at this time.
  现在你已经到了一个新的出发点，是时候开始些新的计划了。
• This gives you a starting point.
  这是一个开始点。