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

• First of all, we need to begin with what to govern.
  首先，我们要看要治理的是什么。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Frankly, I should never have done that to begin with.
  坦白说，我开始，就不该那么做。
• 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 an uneasy relationship with them to begin with.
  一开始，我们和孩子们的关系就不融洽。
• If you are hoping to form a new relationship tread carefully and slowly to begin with
  如果你希望建立新的关系，首先要慎重行事，不要着急。
• To begin with he was Prince Charming.
  首先，他是一个白马王子。