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

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。
First of all, we need to begin with what to govern.
首先，我们要看要治理的是什么。
To begin with, we need an alarm_event_t structure, zeroed out.
首先，我们需要一个alarmeventt结构，对它清零。
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。
To begin with, studying alone gives us free rein over what and how we study.
首先，独自念书时我们能自由决定读书的内容和方式。
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。
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。
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, you have confused two different things.
首先，你已经把两种东西弄混了。
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。