start: start to do sth 开始(做某事)---- start on sth == make a start on (doing) sth 开始做(需要做的事) start by doing sth == start with sth 以...作为开始 ---- start off by doing sth 从...开始;从...着手 === start out by doing sth have a head start on sb 领先 make a false start 有了一个不好的开短;抢跑犯规 === get off to a good/bad start For a start, 首先 === To start with, 首先,一开始 in/by fits and starts 间歇性地,一阵一阵地 start sb off doing sth 使某人开始做某事 start out as sth 起初是...(如,起初是做房地产销售的) sb start over == sb start sth over 重新开始;从头再来 end: end with sth --- end by doing sth --- end up doing sth sb end it all == sb commit suicide 自杀 sth be at an end == sth come to an end == put an end to sth 结束 at the end of the day 最终,到头来 in the end 最后,终于 sb have gone off the deep end == sb get/be out of sb's mind 疯了,精神不正常 sb be thrown in at the deep end == sb jump in at the deep end 是落入无助的境地 do sth to the bitter/very end 坚持到底做某事 (如: fight to the very end 抗争到底) sth be/become an end in itself 某事本身就值得做 (have to) keep sb's end up == keep up sb's end of sth 做好自己的本分 make ends meet 收支平衡 hours/days/weeks/years on end 连续的==in a row reach the end of the road 到了...的尽头了 sth will happen/be true until/to the end of time 直到时间的尽头 sth bad be not the end of the world . 世界末日 be at the end of sb's tether 栓绳/rope 走投无路,无计可施
begin 开始,也可用start in the beginning 起初,或in the first 或orginally follow 接着,或next continue 继续 keep up wait for,wait behind,be waiting 等待 stop,cease,in the end of,at the end of停止,结束 to be continue 待续
起初at first;in the beginning;originally;at the outset更多释义>>[网络短语]起初 at first;in the first place;in the beginning起初地 incipiently;Initially;originally寿命起初 beginning of life
at last 最常见,用得比较普遍finally 有“最终,总算怎么样了,松了口气”的感觉 in the end 表示时间上的at the end of 后面一定要加of,时间或者事件都可以用by the end of 也要加of eventually 最终,比较高级的词ultimately 比较文的词