James Michener began life as a foundling and started with absolutely nothing.是什么意思？

James Michener began life as a foundling and started with absolutely nothing.

詹姆斯?麦切纳刚生下来就成了弃儿,他完全是白手起家.

James

n. 詹姆士；

例句
...yellowing blow-ups of James Dean.
泛黄的詹姆斯·迪恩的放大照

began

v. 开始( begin的过去式 )，着手，创始，创办；

例句
He began comically ad-libbing a script...
他即兴调侃起了一段剧本。

life

n. 生活，生计，生命，性命，一生，寿命，人生，尘世；

例句
In his later life he became even more absent-minded.
他晚年变得愈加健忘了。

as

adv. 同样地，一样地，例如；prep. 作为，以…的身份，如

例句
As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.
我记得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。

foundling

n. 弃儿，育婴堂；

例句
James Michener began life as a foundling and started with absolutely nothing.
詹姆斯?麦切纳刚生下来就成了弃儿,他完全是白手起家.

and

conj. 和，与，而且，于是，然后，因此；

例句
I spend a lot on expensive jewelry and clothing...
我花很多钱购买昂贵的首饰和衣服。

started

v. 出发，启程( start的过去式和过去分词 )，起动，提出（问题），开办；

例句
He started eating an apple...
他开始吃苹果。

with

prep. 和，跟，随着，关于，和…一致；

例句
A waiter entered with a tray...
侍者端着托盘进来了。

absolutely

adv. 绝对地，完全地，毫无疑问地，[语]独立地，分离地；

例句
Jill is absolutely right...
吉尔完全正确。

nothing

pron. 没有东西，没有事情，无关紧要的东西，毫无趣味的事；n. 无关紧要的人[事]，零，无；adv. 毫不，决不；

例句
I have nothing against foreigners.
我对外国人并无芥蒂。