square one

PROGRESS#the situation from which you started to do something 起点

be back to/at square one

The police are now back at square one in their investigation.

警方的调查工作现在又回到了起点。

go back to square one (=used when you start something again because you were not successful the first time) 〔因不成功而〕退回到起点

Okay, let’s go back to square one and try again.

好吧，我们从头开始，再试一次。

from square one

I’ve had to relearn the game from square one.

我只好从头开始，重学这个游戏。

Examples from the Corpus

square one• Arms races sometimes culminate in extinction, and then a new arms race may begin back at square one.• He was back to pounding nails again, back to square one for the eighth or tenth time.• We are back to square one.• Never shut the filter down, or the beneficial bacteria will die and you will be back to square one.• If something didn't break, and soon, they would be back to square one.• After the next break Sally is moved to go back to square one.• Richard told me he felt like he was back to square one.

→ square one at square2(1)

词汇	square one
释义	square one square one PROGRESS#the situation from which you started to do something 起点 be back to/at square one The police are now back at square one in their investigation. 警方的调查工作现在又回到了起点。 go back to square one (=used when you start something again because you were not successful the first time) 〔因不成功而〕退回到起点 Okay, let’s go back to square one and try again. 好吧，我们从头开始，再试一次。 from square one I’ve had to relearn the game from square one. 我只好从头开始，重学这个游戏。 Examples from the Corpus square one• Arms races sometimes culminate in extinction, and then a new arms race may begin back at square one.• He was back to pounding nails again, back to square one for the eighth or tenth time.• We are back to square one.• Never shut the filter down, or the beneficial bacteria will die and you will be back to square one.• If something didn't break, and soon, they would be back to square one.• After the next break Sally is moved to go back to square one.• Richard told me he felt like he was back to square one. → square one at square2(1)
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