starting point

noun

1. （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。
2. （旅行的）起点，出发点
   the place where you begin a journey

1. N-COUNT (讨论、过程的)起点，基础，出发点
   Something that is a starting point for a 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。
2. N-COUNT (旅程的)出发点，起点
   When you make a journey, your starting point is 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。

1. 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。
2. These proposals represent a realistic starting point for negotiation
   这些建议是谈判的现实出发点。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. The analysis of a problem is the starting point for its solution.
   分析问题是解决问题的基点。
7. Policy is the starting point of all the practical actions of a revolutionary party and manifests itself in the process and the end-result of that party's actions.
   政策是革命政党一切实际行动的出发点，并且表现于行动的过程和归宿。
8. Our trip takes Midway as a starting point.
   我们的旅行以中途岛为起点。
9. I will analyze the component systems that make up the enterprise from this starting point.
   我将从此起始点，分析构成企业的组件系统。
10. The concepts and implementation guidelines in this article can help you establish a starting point.
    本文中的概念与实现原则可以帮助您确立一个起点。
11. In this article, I've provided a good starting point as well as things to think about.
    在本文中，我提供了一个起点，讨论了要考虑的问题。
12. 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。
13. This results in a correct starting point with all the necessary models linked in.
    这将生成一个正确的开始点，所有必要的模型都被连接到了此样本模型。
14. This template provides a starting point for your application.
    这个模板为您的应用程序提供了一个起点。
15. 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。
16. The Issue record is the starting point in this common workflow process.
    问题记录是该通用工作流过程中的起始点。
17. This gives you a starting point.
    这是一个开始点。
18. Abstract: the conception of Wushu is the starting point for itsunderstanding, research and development.
    文摘：武术概念是认识、究和发展武术的起点。
19. The workspace layer is the starting point for doing code analysis and refactoring over entire solutions.
    工作空间层是对整个解决方案执行代码分析和重构的起点。
20. 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。
21. The logical starting point established in the light of this principle contains prescriptive theories of the discipline.
    照此原则所确定的逻辑起点包含了对学科理论体系的规定性。
22. This is me, not the end, but a milestone, but also a new starting point.
    这对我来说，不是终点，而是一个里程碑，更是一个新的起点。
23. In this case the starting point is infeasible, but convergence was still obtained in13 interactions.
    在这种情况下，起点是不可行的，但仍然在13个相互作用中得到了融合。
24. The discussion has a starting point.
    谈判有了起点。
25. This chapter is the logical starting point of the study.
    本章是本文研究的逻辑起点。
26. 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。
27. Find reached the starting point of the search.
    查找达到了搜索的起始点。
28. 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。
29. 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。
30. 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。

noun

1. earliest limiting point

   Synonym:    terminus a quo