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

• To begin with, the weather was bad, but it improved later in the week.
  这周开始天气很差，但后来好转了。
• It was great to begin with but now it's difficult.
  一开始非常好，但现在可就难了。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• First of all, we need to begin with what to govern.
  首先，我们要看要治理的是什么。
• 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, 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。