to begin with
英 [tu bɪˈɡɪn wɪð]
美 [tu bɪˈɡɪn wɪð]
刚开始; 首先; 最初; 第一
英英释义
adv
- before now
- why didn't you tell me in the first place?
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。 - '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, no one can deny that listening and speaking play important roles in English study.
首先,没人能否认在学英语中,听和说扮演着重要的角色。 - 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, 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。 - To begin with I did not understand the judge's decision but when I read the reports of the case everything fell into place.
最初,我不理解法官的判决,但在我读了这个案件的报告后,一切都清楚了。 - You started from scratch and saw how to begin with Lift using Maven.
您是从头开始构建的,并且看到了如何通过Maven开始使用Lift。 - To begin with, you need to develop the type trees required for these two maps.
首先,您需要开发这两个映射需要的类型树。 - 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。