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, 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%。
• First of all, we need to begin with what to govern.
  首先，我们要看要治理的是什么。
• It was great to begin with but now it's difficult.
  一开始非常好，但现在可就难了。
• To begin with he was Prince Charming.
  首先，他是一个白马王子。
• 'What do scientists you've spoken with think about that?' — 'Well, to begin with, they doubt it's going to work.'
  “跟你聊过的科学家是怎么看的？”——“嗯，首先，他们怀疑这能否行得通。”
• To begin with, you have confused two different things.
  首先，你已经把两种东西弄混了。
• 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！
• 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。
• I think I'll have soup to begin with.
  我想我开始先来份汤。