at the beginning

汉语翻译

词意辨析：

at the beginning, in the beginning

这两个词组都包含单词beginning。
at the beginning: 在......初；在......开始的时候。常与of连用。

• students usually have a study plan at the beginning of term.
  学生们在开学初制定学习计划。

in the beginning: 相当于at first，表示“起初、开始”时，含“起初是这种情况，而后来却不是这种情况”之意，不与of连用。

• in the beginning，some of us took no interest in physics.
  起初我们有些人对物理不感兴趣。

例句：

1. Can I go back to what you said at the beginning of the meeting?
   我可以再提你在会议开始时所说的事情吗?
2. I wish everybody good luck at the beginning of the year.
   我预祝大家岁首大吉。
3. At the beginning of the speech the chairman cracked a joke.
   在演讲开头主席开了一个玩笑。
4. I start shearing the sheep at the beginning of July.
   我一般在7月初开始剪羊毛。