英 [ˈstɑːtʌp] 美 [ˈstɑːrtʌp]
n. 新兴公司；（动作、过程的）开始，启动
adj. （费用）创办所需的，起始阶段的；（公司）新成立的，刚创办的
startup /ˈstɑːtʌp/
形容词 The startup costs of something such as a new business or new product are the costs of starting to run or produce it. 启动所需的 (资金)
That is enough to pay the startup costs for fourteen research projects.
那足以支付14个研究项目的启动资金。
形容词 A startup company is a small business that has recently been started by someone. 新创办的 (小公司)
Thousands and thousands of startup firms have poured into the computer market.
成千上万家新成立的小公司涌入了电脑市场。
可数名词 Startup is also a noun. 新创办的小公司
For now the only bright spots in the labour market are small businesses and high-tech startups.
目前劳务市场上仅有的一些亮点是小企业和新创办的高科技公司。
the act of setting in operation
repeated shutdowns and startups are expensive
the act of starting a new operation or practice
the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes
同义词： inauguration
启动
马荣骏：是这样，我们在一个大公司里面真的可以算是一个 startup（创业公司），我们有这样一个工作模式和精神。
数据库的启动（startup）和关闭（shutdown）是重要的管理任务，只有通过internal用户连接到ORACLE数据库，才能执行启动和关闭。
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在暗暗表述大家都应该来初创公司(Startup)的主题时，都会先捧捧大公司留足面子。而在我看来：99%的大公司就是XX，愿意呆的人，本来就不适合来小公司。
启动；开办
That is enough to pay the startup costs for fourteen research projects.
那足以支付14个研究项目的启动资金。
Now, however, a New Zealand-based startup company aims to bring messy homes and even splitting headaches back to normal.
然而现在，新西兰的一家创业公司要让家不再乱糟糟，让人们免受与头痛折磨。
Now, however, a New Zealand based startup company aims to bring messy homes and even splitting headaches back to normal.
然而现在，新西兰的一家创业公司正致力于让四分五裂的家庭恢复正常，甚至试图治愈令人痛不欲生的头痛症。
And so the opportunity and need to invent just like any other startup or entrepreneurial activity remains strong.
因此发明创造的机遇和需要就像,任何创立活动一样，非常重要。
微软CEO-Steve.Ballmer谈科技的未来课程节选 : 斯坦福公开课
I really thought as an entrepreneur, as a startup, you really cannot spend money like hell without thinking about tomorrow.
作为一个创业者，在创业初期,不能随意烧钱而至公司未来于不顾。
百度CEO李彦宏演讲：全球最大搜索引擎的发展课程节选 : 斯坦福公开课
And I actually think it's probably important for anybody who wants to do a startup, anybody who wants to join a place like Microsoft and work on an established or a new product.
实际上我想这对任何想创业的人,来说应该都很重要，任何想加入微软这样的公司,为新老产品工作的人都是这样。
微软CEO-Steve.Ballmer谈科技的未来课程节选 : 斯坦福公开课
His latest frequent topic: warning against high-burn rates and risk among the frothy startup ecosystem.
At an obscure Russian startup, Alexander Yakunin, a theoretical physicist by training, is writing brilliant code.
Over the last ten years the China startup and venture market has changed, Lee says.
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