The article served as a useful starting point for our discussion.

这篇文章成了我们展开讨论的良好起点。

They had already walked a couple of miles or more from their starting point.

他们从出发点已走了至少几英里。

The nasty thing about a blackmailer is that his starting point is usually the truth.

讨厌的事情在于，敲诈者开始借以要挟的把柄往往是事实。

Venezuela is the ideal starting point to explore the grandeur and natural beauty of South America.

委内瑞拉是探索南美的宏伟壮观与自然美景的理想出发点。

It is the starting point to which the theorist returns after every ingenious excursion.

它是理论家在每一次巧妙的旅行之后返回的出发点。