jumping-off place

• n. 出发点；山穷水尽的地步；远僻处

英英释义

Noun:

1. a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched;

   "one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him"
   "my point of departure was San Francisco"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Its motive and jumping-off place are very suspectable.
   其动机及出发点十分值得怀疑。
2. For long distance trains, the KL Sentral Station is the place for embarkation and disembarkation.
   以吉隆坡为出发点，无论你要南上，还是北下，都必须从吉隆坡的中环广场购票，上下车。

词汇搭配

• jumping-off place 出发点

近反义词

【近义词】

• point of departure 出发地点