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

• 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。
• First of all, we need to begin with what to govern.
  首先，我们要看要治理的是什么。
• I think I'll have soup to begin with.
  我想我开始先来份汤。
• Today I would like to begin with a story.
  今天我将以一个故事开始我的演讲。
• Frankly, I should never have done that to begin with.
  坦白说，我开始，就不该那么做。
• 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 I did not understand the judge's decision but when I read the reports of the case everything fell into place.
  最初，我不理解法官的判决，但在我读了这个案件的报告后，一切都清楚了。
• 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。
• I checked out and it's not like I had big dreams to begin with.
  我仔细检查，并不是像我要开始一个很大的梦想。
• 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。