beginning

noun [抽象名词]开始，开端；序曲，开始部分；早期，初期；发端，起源

• This was also the beginning of her recording career.  ^{这也是她灌片生涯的开始。}

adjective [原级]初级的，基本的

• Her sight is beginning to go.^{她的视力开始下降。}