该短语是介词短语,后面必须接名词/名词短语(不能接从句),用来明确“具体是什么的开始”。常见搭配的名词类型包括:
表示“在某段时间的开头”,如年、月、周、早晨等。
At the beginning of 2024, I made a New Year's resolution.(在2024年年初,我制定了新年计划。)
We usually have a quiz at the beginning of each class.(我们通常在每节课开始时做小测验。)
表示“某件事、活动的起始阶段”。
At the beginning of the meeting, the manager summarized last month's work.(会议开始时,经理总结了上个月的工作。)
There's a short trailer at the beginning of the movie.(电影开头有一个短预告片。)
表示“某个物体、项目或抽象过程的开端”。
Write your name at the beginning of the essay.(在文章开头写上你的名字。)
At the beginning of the project, we faced many challenges.(项目初期,我们遇到了很多挑战。)
短语 | 用法差异 | 例句 |
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at the beginning of | 必须接名词(具体指向“某事物的开始”) | At the beginning of the book, there's a foreword.(书的开头有前言。) |
in the beginning | 单独使用(不接名词),表示“起初、一开始”(强调时间上的“最初阶段”) | In the beginning, I didn't understand the problem.(起初,我没理解这个问题。) |
At the beginning of the party, everyone was shy; at the end of it, everyone was dancing.(派对开始时大家都很害羞;结束时大家都在跳舞。)
"at the beginning of" 是精准指向具体事物起始点的介词短语,关键是要在后面补充“什么的开始”。记住:有of就要接名词,没of就单独用in the beginning!