to begin with

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刚开始; 首先; 最初; 第一

英英释义

adv

• before now
  1. why didn't you tell me in the first place?
  Synonym:in the first placeearlierin the beginningoriginally

双语例句

• Today I would like to begin with a story.
  今天我将以一个故事开始我的演讲。
• Truth be told, they were freaks to begin with.
  不过说真的，她们一开始就已经没有了理智了。
• To begin with, let me introduce Mr White to you.
  首先，请允许我把怀特先生介绍给你。
• Frankly, I should never have done that to begin with.
  坦白说，我开始，就不该那么做。
• It was great to begin with but now it's difficult.
  一开始非常好，但现在可就难了。
• To begin with, we had very little support, but later on people began to rally to us.
  起初支持我们者甚寡，后来人们逐渐团结到我们这一边来了。
• I always give new workers a short contract to begin with, as I want to see how they measure up before I employ them on a lasting basis.
  雇用工人时我先同他们订个短期合同，我要看看他们的能力再决定是否长期雇用。
• First of all, we need to begin with what to govern.
  首先，我们要看要治理的是什么。
• To begin with, studying alone gives us free rein over what and how we study.
  首先，独自念书时我们能自由决定读书的内容和方式。
• To begin with he was Prince Charming.
  首先，他是一个白马王子。