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 starting point
 起點,出發點

 Start·ing a. & n. from Start, v.
 Starting bar Steam Eng., a hand lever for working the valves in starting an engine.
 Starting hole, a loophole; evasion. [Obs.]
 Starting point, the point from which motion begins, or from which anything starts.
 Starting post, a post, stake, barrier, or place from which competitors in a race start, or begin the race.
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 starting point
      n : earliest limiting point [syn: terminus a quo]