The project had its genesis two years earlier...是什么意思？

The project had its genesis two years earlier...

该项目是两年前开始的。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

project

vt. 放映，计划，发射，展现，使突出；vi. 伸出，突出；

例句
...a project from which considerable benefit will accrue to the community...
使社区持续受益的项目

had

v. 有（ have的过去式和过去分词 ），（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

its

pron. (it的所有格形式)它的，厥；

例句
The government is to accelerate its privatisation programme.
政府将加快其私有化计划的进程。

genesis

n. <正>创始，起源，发生；

例句
...the Creation of the universe as told in Genesis Chapter One...
《创世记》第一章所述的上帝创造世界万物

two

n. 两个，两个东西，两点钟，一对；adj. 两个的，我

例句
He has been absent from his desk for two weeks...
他已经有两个星期没有坐在办公桌前了。

years

n. 年( year的名词复数 )，年纪，一年的期间，某年级的学生；

例句
His wife was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for aiding and abetting him...
他的妻子作为他的从犯被判入狱7年。

earlier

adj. 早期的，初期的；adv. 早期（地），初期（地）；

例句
The author has abstracted poems from earlier books.
作者从以前的书中摘取了一些诗作。