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since its inception
表示从开始至今
The project has been successful since its inception.
该项目自启动以来一直很成功。
开始；开端；创始
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开始；开端；创始
the beginning or start of an event or process
The project has been successful since its inception.
该项目自启动以来一直很成功。
某事物的创立或开始；建立
The creation or beginning of something; the establishment.
某物自身的分层、嵌套或递归
A layering, nesting, or recursion of something within itself.
The project has been running smoothly since its inception in 2019.
这个项目自2019年启动以来一直运行顺利。
She has been with the company from its inception to the present day.
她从公司创立之初就一直在这里工作至今。
The new policy was controversial at its inception but soon gained public support.
这项新政策在出台之初备受争议，但很快就获得了公众支持。
表示从开始至今
The project has been successful since its inception.
该项目自启动以来一直很成功。
强调在某个事件或过程的开始阶段
At the inception of the company, they had only five employees.
公司成立之初，他们只有五名员工。
The inception of the idea came during a long walk.
这个想法是在一次长途散步中萌生的。
Not this
The project was incepted last year.
Use this
The project had its inception last year.
错误：将 inception 误用为动词。inception 是名词，表示‘开始’或‘创始’，不能直接作谓语。应使用 have its inception 或 begin。
Not this
The inception of the baby brought joy to the family.
Use this
The conception of the baby brought joy to the family.
错误：混淆 inception 与 conception。inception 指事件、项目等的开端，不适用于生命起源；conception 指‘受孕’或概念形成。
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自成立以来；自开始以来
The company has been profitable since its inception.
这家公司自成立以来一直盈利。
在其初期；在刚开始时
At its inception, the organization had only three staff members.
该组织在刚成立时只有三名员工。
从开始到完成；自始至终
The project was delivered from inception to completion on time.
这个项目从头到尾按时交付。
标志着……的开始
This agreement marks the inception of a new partnership.
这项协议标志着新合作伙伴关系的开始。
初始阶段；启动阶段
We are still in the inception phase of the research.
我们仍处于研究的初始阶段。
开始日期；起始日期
The warranty begins on the inception date of the contract.
保修期从合同开始之日起计算。
《盗梦空间》
The title of Christopher Nolan's 2010 science-fiction thriller about a team that enters people's dreams to plant an idea. The film made the word 'inception' widely known and linked it to the idea of a 'beginning' or 'start' of something.
克里斯托弗·诺兰2010年科幻惊悚片的片名，讲述一个团队进入他人梦境并植入想法的故事。这部电影使单词“inception”广为人知，并将其与“开始、开端”的含义联系起来。
Use inception naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
inception 读作“in-sep-shun”，联想“in（进入）+ concept（概念）”：一个新概念刚进入脑中，就是事物的“开端”。
语域：formal 常见场景：business documents、legal texts、academic writing inception 通常用于正式语境，指机构、计划或事物的开始或创立，多出现在商业、法律、学术等书面语中；日常口语里更常说 beginning 或 start。
与 inception 同韵的词有 conception、deception、perception、reception、exception（结尾均为 /ˈsɛpʃən/）。注意 section /ˈsɛkʃən/ 拼写相似但发音不同，结尾是 /kʃən/ 而不是 /pʃən/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.