at the beginning

at the beginning, in the beginning

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

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。