首尾shǒu wěi
from beginning to end, the beginning and the end
靡不有初mí bú yǒu chū
there is nothing that has not a beginning; good in the beginning but usually bad in
开春kāi chūn
beginning of spring
期限qī xiàn
time limit; allotted time; deadline; due time
趁空chèn kōng
use one's spare time; avail oneself of leisure time
等待时机děng dài shí jī
bide one's time, watch one's time
一半时间yī bàn shí jiān
half the time
分期的fèn qī de
time
上次shàng cì
last time
上古shàng gǔ
ancient times
踏步tà bù
mark time
现代xiàn dài
modern times
中古zhōng gǔ
mediaeval times
专职zhuān zhí
full time
渡越时间dù yuè shí jiān
transition time; transit time
多次duō cì
time after time, times without number
交付时间jiāo fù shí jiān
delivery time; lead time
夏令时xià lìng shí
daylight saving time; daylight-saving time
有时yǒu shí
sometimes, at times, at whiles, for time to time, from time to time, on occasion
提早tí zǎo
ahead of time, before one's time
笑口常开xiào kǒu cháng kāi
grinning all the time
句首jù shǒu
sentence-initial; beginning of the sentence
岁首suì shǒu
the beginning of the year
原声例句
可汗学院公开课：英语语法
" By, " this is a really precise end time, but not a very precise beginning time.
“截止” ，这是一个非常精确的结束时间，但不是一个非常精确的开始时间。
新世纪大学英语综合教程(第2版)第二册
How did I feel? Did I look that bad? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little sick.
我感觉如何？我的脸色那么差吗？一切都正常吗？等我回到家里，我已经开始觉得有点想吐。
狮子、女巫与魔衣橱
But she did want to have one more look inside it; for by this time she was beginning to wonder herself whether Narnia and the Faun had not been a dream.