to begin with

1. To begin with he was Prince Charming.
   首先，他是一个白马王子。
2. It was great to begin with but now it's difficult.
   一开始非常好，但现在可就难了。
3. 'What do scientists you've spoken with think about that?' — 'Well, to begin with, they doubt it's going to work.'
   “跟你聊过的科学家是怎么看的？”——“嗯，首先，他们怀疑这能否行得通。”
4. 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。
5. To begin with I did not understand the judge's decision but when I read the reports of the case everything fell into place.
   最初，我不理解法官的判决，但在我读了这个案件的报告后，一切都清楚了。
6. 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。
7. To begin with, we need an alarm_event_t structure, zeroed out.
   首先，我们需要一个alarmeventt结构，对它清零。
8. You started from scratch and saw how to begin with Lift using Maven.
   您是从头开始构建的，并且看到了如何通过Maven开始使用Lift。
9. 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。
10. To begin with, let me introduce Mr White to you.
    首先，请允许我把怀特先生介绍给你。
11. I never loved you for your looks to begin with.
    我爱你从来不是就因为你的外表。
12. To begin with, you have confused two different things.
    首先，你已经把两种东西弄混了。
13. To begin with, studying alone gives us free rein over what and how we study.
    首先，独自念书时我们能自由决定读书的内容和方式。
14. I think I'll have soup to begin with.
    我想我开始先来份汤。
15. We have therefore decided to begin with preferment to ecclesiastical dignities.
    因此，我们决定开始与升迁到教会尊严。
16. To begin with, let us examine a natural process that we have all observed.
    首先，让我们来考虑一下我们所有观察过的自然过程。
17. 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。
18. We have an uneasy relationship with them to begin with.
    一开始，我们和孩子们的关系就不融洽。
19. Frankly, I should never have done that to begin with.
    坦白说，我开始，就不该那么做。
20. 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！
21. 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。
22. Today I would like to begin with a story.
    今天我将以一个故事开始我的演讲。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. Truth be told, they were freaks to begin with.
    不过说真的，她们一开始就已经没有了理智了。
26. 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。
27. I checked out and it's not like I had big dreams to begin with.
    我仔细检查，并不是像我要开始一个很大的梦想。
28. To begin with, no one can deny that listening and speaking play important roles in English study.
    首先，没人能否认在学英语中，听和说扮演着重要的角色。
29. First of all, we need to begin with what to govern.
    首先，我们要看要治理的是什么。
30. To begin with, I will tell you how to increase your bandwidth speed by20%.
    首先，我会告诉你如何提高您的带宽速度由20%。

adv

1. before now
   1. why didn't you tell me in the first place?

   Synonym:    in the first placeearlierin the beginningoriginally