The period will start in 15 minutes. 1.in the beginning解析:in the beginning通常单独用作时间状语或定语,而较少跟of短语连用。 2.at the beginning解析:at the beginning常常跟of短语连用。 At the beginning和in the beginning区别: 1、at the beginning 常常跟of短语连用。 如:at the beginning of this century a great many europeans went to live in the usa.
Are both expressions at the beginning in the beginning valid and equivalent? The first seems wrong to me, but it has more google results. 区别是: in the beginning通常单独用作时间状语或定语,而较少跟of短语连用,其意义为:“起初”、“在开始的时候”,暗含着后来有变化的意思。 at the beginning常常跟of短语连用(如of the.
Start may have the connotation of being in the future and beginning may more easily be associated with the past. 二、用法不同 1.in the beginning用法:基本意思是“开始,起源”,既可指某一时间或时期的开始。 beginning指时间或时期的开始时,通常用作 不可数名词,前面有时用介词,有时不用,指事. Welcome to wordreference, lauren i share your feeling that in the beginning covers a much longer period while at the beginning is a precise moment. But to start marks the actual/exact time of launching an activity (to understand more clearly, consider these two examples: