point of departure

英 美
  • 出发地点
  • departure n.出发;离开;分歧;新的尝试
  • of prep.关于;...的(表所属);出身于;由于
  • point n.观点;看法;要点;重点;特点;点;地点;小数点;尖端;岬角;海角;意义;目标;分数;(罗盘上的)方位点;(温度的)点;插座;(字体)磅值v.指;指向;朝向;瞄准;灰泥或水泥勾(某物)的砖缝
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"

  2. a beginning from which an enterprise is launched;

    "he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own"
    "reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions"
    "the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out"

    1. The study or forecasting of potential developments, as in science, technology, and society, using current conditions and trends as a point of departure.
      未来学一门以当前状况和趋势为出发点,对如科学、技术和社会潜在的发展作出预测或研究的学科

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