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。
• 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。
• The rain will let up soon and we can start out.
  雨不久就会停，咱们可以出发了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Yeah, west and east. Ok, now first you start out in California.
  是的，西部和东部。好啦！你将从加利福尼亚出发。
• It was pouring today, so I didn't start out as planned.
  今日大雨倾盆，故未如期启程。
• When will we start out tomorrow morning.
  明天早上我们该何时出发。
• Did they tell you when to start out?
  他们是否告诉了你何时出发。
• 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。