outset

英 [ˈaʊtset]

美 [ˈaʊtset]

n.  开端 开始；起始

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Collins.2 / BNC.5658 / COCA.7964

习惯用语

n.

at/from the outset (of sth)
• 从开始
  at/from the beginning of sth
• I made it clear right from the outset that I disapproved.
  从一开始我就明确地说我不赞成。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 在开始时/ 从一开始
  If something happensat the outsetof an event, process, or period of time, it happens at the beginning of it. If something happensfrom the outsetit happens from the beginning and continues to happen.
  1. Decide at the outset what kind of learning programme you want to follow...
     开始时就选定自己的学习方案。
  2. From the outset he had put his trust in me, the son of his old friend.
     他从一开始就很信任我这个他老朋友的儿子。

英英释义

noun

• the time at which something is supposed to begin
  1. they got an early start
  2. she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
  Synonym:beginningcommencementfirstget-gostartkickoffstarting timeshowtimeoffset

双语例句

• While this promotion is a bit beyond one's control at the outset, and painful.
  尽管这种推动在一开始是有些身不由己和痛苦的。
• At the outset of his career he was full of optimism but not now.
  一开始他对事业充满了信心，但现在不再是这样了。
• At the outset they were delighted with this idea, and went back to their village.
  他们最初对这一说法感到很高兴，于是返回村庄去了。
• At the outset, I had doubts.
  起初，我确实怀有疑问。
• In contemporary China, there is heated argument in the villager's autonomy from its outset.
  对村民自治的评价，从一开始就存在着激烈的和针锋相对的争论。
• You should explain this to him at the outset.
  你应该一开始就向他解释这事。
• I have warned you many times that this project was wrong at the outset.
  我多次警告过你，这个项目一开始就已错了。
• I therefore want to make very clear here at the outset what I think philosophy is not.
  因此，我想在一开始就声明，我认为哲学“不”是什么。
• I've been involved in this company from the outset.
  从一开始我便与这家公司有关连。
• I want to stress, at the outset, this is not an interrogation.
  我要强调，开始，这不是一个审问。