outset
英 [ˈaʊtset]
美 [ˈaʊtset]
n. 开端 开始；起始
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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.- 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。 - 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。
- Decide at the outset what kind of learning programme you want to follow...
英英释义
noun
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- they got an early start
- she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
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。 - In the end, the Ten took their appeal to the Supreme Court; this, they had believed from the outset, would be their trump card
最后，10个人上诉到最高法院：他们从一开始就认为这一招是他们的王牌。 - 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。 - 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。 - I never understood why he didn't just accede to our demands at the outset.
我一直搞不懂他为什么不一开始就同意我们的要求。 - The President has played a shrewd diplomatic game because from the outset he called for direct talks with the United States
总统玩了一场高明的外交游戏，因为从一开始他就要求和美国直接对话。 - You should explain this to him at the outset.
你应该一开始就向他解释这事。 - Employees knew from the outset that their jobs would finish this year.
雇员们从一开始就知道他们的工作今年将结束。 - 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。 - "Negotiating" from this position contaminates the contract ( and the engagement) from the outset!
以此姿态进行“谈判”，便让合约和咨询活动从一开始就被“污染”了！