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
  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, 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。
• 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 think I'll have soup to begin with.
  我想我开始先来份汤。
• Frankly, I should never have done that to begin with.
  坦白说，我开始，就不该那么做。
• There were six of us to begin with, then two people left.
  我们一开始有六个人，后来走了两个。
• I never loved you for your looks to begin with.
  我爱你从来不是就因为你的外表。
• To begin with, you have confused two different things.
  首先，你已经把两种东西弄混了。
• 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。
• 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。
• To begin with, let me be clear: America wants a strong, peaceful, and prosperous Russia.
  首先，我要清楚表明：美国希望有一个强大、和平和繁荣的俄罗斯。