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

• I suggest that we start out right away.
  我建议我们立刻起程。
• 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？
• After your next birthday, you will start out in a new direction.
  在你的下个生日以后，你将步入一个新的方向。
• You would have to start out differently.
  你必须有一个不同的开始。
• You start out with a problem statement.
  开始的时候您需要有一个问题的陈述。
• 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。
• Did they tell you when to start out?
  他们是否告诉了你何时出发。
• It was pouring today, so I didn't start out as planned.
  今日大雨倾盆，故未如期启程。
• We start out by verifying that we've understood the problem and that a solid business case exists.
  我们首先检验我们是否已经理解了问题，并且存在一个可靠的业务场景。