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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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, we need an alarm_event_t structure, zeroed out.
  首先，我们需要一个alarmeventt结构，对它清零。
• 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。
• I think I'll have soup to begin with.
  我想我开始先来份汤。
• Frankly, I should never have done that to begin with.
  坦白说，我开始，就不该那么做。
• It was great to begin with but now it's difficult.
  一开始非常好，但现在可就难了。
• 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。