There always is a starting point but no end point.

一切总是只有起点，没有终点。

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You use these people, and the bits of behavior or characteristics as a starting point as you begin to sketch out your characters.

你会以这些人物以及他们的行为、性格特征为出发点来勾画人物形象。

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Our trip takes Midway as a starting point.

我们的旅行以中途岛为起点。

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U.S.officials said they were hopeful the 7,000 figure for new allied forces would be just a starting point, and that additional commitments could come as soon as a NATO force-generating meeting set for next week in the Belgian city of Mons.

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And even though he could figure out that this wasn't possible, he still used this as a starting point, and what he did know was that these energy levels that were within hydrogen atom were quantized.

这是不可能的了,但他还是以此为出发点，他知道，氢原子的这些能级,是量子化的,而且他也知道，我们上节课所看到现象。

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I could also see, you know, starting a business at some point,

我觉得我可能会在某个时机自主创业，

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This time however, instead of flowers, the designers used a coral print as a starting point.

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Final caveat: The items and prices listed in this article are a starting point.

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On 130 other bodies, however, there is no information to provide a starting point, FEMA said.

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