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

• We have therefore decided to begin with preferment to ecclesiastical dignities.
  因此，我们决定开始与升迁到教会尊严。
• 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。
• 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, let me be clear: America wants a strong, peaceful, and prosperous Russia.
  首先，我要清楚表明：美国希望有一个强大、和平和繁荣的俄罗斯。
• To begin with, you have confused two different things.
  首先，你已经把两种东西弄混了。
• 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。
• 'What do scientists you've spoken with think about that?' — 'Well, to begin with, they doubt it's going to work.'
  “跟你聊过的科学家是怎么看的？”——“嗯，首先，他们怀疑这能否行得通。”
• To begin with, you need to develop the type trees required for these two maps.
  首先，您需要开发这两个映射需要的类型树。
• Maybe we should concentrate on what caused this issue to begin with!
  也许我们应该开始专注于是什么造成这个问题！
• There were six of us to begin with, then two people left.
  我们一开始有六个人，后来走了两个。