1. 起点：jumping-off place 出发点 | jumping-off point 起点 | jumping-off 边远地区
2. 起点;出发点：Amenity 便利设施;娱乐场所 | Jumping-off point 起点;出发点 | theme-park 主题公园
3. 出发点,起点：communal 公共的 | jumping-off point出发点,起点 | moviegoer常看电影的人
noun
1. a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
e.g. he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own
reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions
the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out
Synonym: springboard point of departure