jumping-off point
noun[Cusually singular]
uk/ˌdʒʌm.pɪŋˈɒf ˌpɔɪnt/us/ˌdʒʌm.pɪŋˈɑːf ˌpɔɪnt/apointfrom which tostartajourneyoractivity
起点，出发点anidea,example, orpieceofinformationthat is used tobeginaprocessoractivity:
起点（用于开始某个过程或某项活动的观点、事例或信息）Using his daughter'scaseas a jumping-offpoint, hedescribedajusticesystemthatignorestherightsof thevictim.他从他女儿的事情说起，描述了无视受害者权利的司法体系。
Beginnings and starts
- a baptism of/by fireidiom
- advent
- baptism
- beginning
- birth
- commencement
- inception
- initiation
- introduction
- kick off
- onset
- opening
- outbreak
- square
- start
- starter
- starting time
- the thin end of the wedgeidiom
- trigger
- zero hour
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