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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Today I would like to begin with a story.
  今天我将以一个故事开始我的演讲。
• To begin with, I will tell you how to increase your bandwidth speed by20%.
  首先，我会告诉你如何提高您的带宽速度由20%。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• First of all, we need to begin with what to govern.
  首先，我们要看要治理的是什么。
• I never loved you for your looks to begin with.
  我爱你从来不是就因为你的外表。