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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Use search engines and other search tools as a starting point.

从利用搜索引擎和其他的搜索工具开始吧。

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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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And as a starting point there's a lovely quote from the psychologist and philosopher William James that I want to begin with.

作为开始,有一个可爱的引言,是心理学家和哲学家,威廉，詹姆斯说的,我想用它做开始。

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

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Meanwhile, as a starting point, here is quick primer on some of the top providers.

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Many consumers already use Google as a starting point to search for travel deals.

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