start out

英 [stɑːt aʊt]

美 [stɑːrt aʊt]

起初是…; 从…开始; 从…着手

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 起初是…
  If someone or somethingstarts out asa particular thing, they are that thing at the beginning although they change later.
  1. Daly was a fast-talking Irish-American who had started out as a salesman...
     达利是个花言巧语的爱尔兰裔美国人，最初是干推销员的。
  2. What started out as fun quickly became hard work.
     起初好玩的事很快就变成了艰苦的工作。
• PHRASAL VERB 从…开始;从…着手
  If youstart out bydoing something, you do it at the beginning of an activity.
  1. We started out by looking at ways in which big projects such as railways could be financed by the private sector...
     我们先研究了让私营企业投资铁路等大型项目的方式。
  2. The child'll start out by making relatively few distinctions in the language.
     孩子开始时不太能辨别语言中的差别。

英英释义

verb

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
  1. We began working at dawn
  2. Who will start?
  3. Get working as soon as the sun rises!
  4. The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
  5. He began early in the day
  6. Let's get down to work now
  Synonym:get downbegingetstartset aboutset outcommence
• leave
  1. The family took off for Florida
  Synonym:departpartstartset forthset offset outtake off

双语例句

• When do you believe we should start out this evening?
  你认为我们今天晚上应该什么时间出发？
• It was pouring today, so I didn't start out as planned.
  今日大雨倾盆，故未如期启程。
• An all-too-common mistake in the marathon is to start out too quickly and fade at the end.
  全太在马拉松常见的错误是太快开始和结束时消失。
• What started out as fun quickly became hard work.
  起初好玩的事很快就变成了艰苦的工作。
• When will we start out tomorrow morning.
  明天早上我们该何时出发。
• I suggest that we start out right away.
  我建议我们立刻起程。
• People set out with a lot of ambition andenthusiasm, and start out with a big goal.
  人们满载雄心和热情，开始时为自己制定了伟大的目标。
• Question: So tell us the training you went through, to start out with?
  问：那么告诉我们，你所经历的训练，是以什么开始的？
• You can start out with a simple walk around the block and cutting out the sweets in your diet.
  你就可以开始了一个简单的走走，集体和切割出的糖果，在你的饮食习惯。
• I want to start out by saying I'm sorry.
  我想一开始就和你说对不起。