to begin with

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美 [tu bɪˈɡɪn wɪð]

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

• 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。
• '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 have confused two different things.
  首先，你已经把两种东西弄混了。
• First of all, we need to begin with what to govern.
  首先，我们要看要治理的是什么。
• 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。
• To begin with, let us examine a natural process that we have all observed.
  首先，让我们来考虑一下我们所有观察过的自然过程。
• It was great to begin with but now it's difficult.
  一开始非常好，但现在可就难了。
• I think I'll have soup to begin with.
  我想我开始先来份汤。
• To begin with, my English teacher spoke too quickly and I can't understand her.
  一开始，我的英语老师说的太快了，我不能理解她。
• 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。