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

I never loved you for your looks to begin with.
我爱你从来不是就因为你的外表。
It was great to begin with but now it's difficult.
一开始非常好，但现在可就难了。
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。
To begin with, my English teacher spoke too quickly and I can't understand her.
一开始，我的英语老师说的太快了，我不能理解她。
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。
Frankly, I should never have done that to begin with.
坦白说，我开始，就不该那么做。
Maybe we should concentrate on what caused this issue to begin with!
也许我们应该开始专注于是什么造成这个问题！
To begin with he was Prince Charming.
首先，他是一个白马王子。
To begin with, you have confused two different things.
首先，你已经把两种东西弄混了。
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。