onset

英 [ˈɒnset]

美 [ˈɑːnset]

n.  开端，发生，肇始(尤指不快的事件)

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牛津词典

noun

• 开端，发生，肇始（尤指不快的事件）
  the beginning of sth, especially sth unpleasant
  1. the onset of disease/old age/winter
     疾病的发作；老年的开始；冬天的来临

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （尤指不快之事的）开始，开端，肇始
  The onset ofsomething is the beginning of it, used especially to refer to something unpleasant.
  1. Most of the passes have been closed with the onset of winter...
     冬天来临，大部分关口均已关闭。
  2. With the onset of war, oil prices climbed past $30 a barrel.
     战争一爆发，油价就攀过了每桶30美元。

英英释义

noun

• (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
  1. the attack began at dawn
  Synonym:attackonslaughtonrush
• the beginning or early stages
  1. the onset of pneumonia
  Synonym:oncoming

双语例句

• The onset of this disease may resemble the prodromal period of icteric hepatitis.
  它的发病与黄疸型肝炎的前驱期相似。
• We now think that it may not be the amyloid fiber filaments that cause neuron death and disease onset.
  我们现在认为可能并不是淀粉样纤维细丝导致神经元死亡和疾病的发作。
• Symptoms of acute onset suggest a vascular cause or seizure;
  急性起病的症状，提示血管性或为癫痫发作；
• Together we had watched the advance and onset of world disaster.
  我们曾一同注意观察世界灾难的发生和发展。
• The Arab revolutions are not over, despite talk of the onset of winter.
  尽管有人说阿拉伯革命开始进入了“冬季”，但革命并没有结束。
• The ravages of this condition I observed; the onset of her mental instability I only felt.
  我目睹了疾病的摧残，但只能凭感觉猜想她精神刚开始不稳定时的状况。
• Most of the passes have been closed with the onset of winter
  冬天来临，大部分关口均已关闭。
• With the onset of war, oil prices climbed past$ 30 a barrel.
  战争一爆发，油价就攀过了每桶30美元。
• Neighbours near his home reported poultry deaths prior to his onset of symptoms.
  在他的症状出现之前，他家附近的邻居报告了禽类死亡。
• The disappearance of monomer droplets at the onset of interval III can be observed visually.
  在阶段Ⅲ开始时就可以目视观察到单体液滴的消失。