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

• 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。
• I thought I would start out at youth level, which I did.
  我想我将会在青少年队开始执教，我也是这样开始的。
• We'll need to start out early because the journey takes six hours.
  我们要早点出发，因为旅途要他天小时。
• You would have to start out differently.
  你必须有一个不同的开始。
• We will start out with user databases for each project.
  我们对于每一个项目都将从用户数据库起步。
• 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。
• I want to start out by saying I'm sorry.
  我想一开始就和你说对不起。
• 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？
• Did they tell you when to start out?
  他们是否告诉了你何时出发。
• They have decided when to start out.
  他们已经决定了出发的时间。