outset
英 [ˈaʊtset]
美 [ˈaʊtset]
n. 开端 开始；起始
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Collins.2 / BNC.5658 / COCA.7964
习惯用语
n.
- at/from the outset (of sth)
- 从开始
at/from the beginning of sth - I made it clear right from the outset that I disapproved.
从一开始我就明确地说我不赞成。
柯林斯词典
- PHRASE 在开始时/ 从一开始
If something happensat the outsetof an event, process, or period of time, it happens at the beginning of it. If something happensfrom the outsetit happens from the beginning and continues to happen.- Decide at the outset what kind of learning programme you want to follow...
开始时就选定自己的学习方案。 - From the outset he had put his trust in me, the son of his old friend.
他从一开始就很信任我这个他老朋友的儿子。
- Decide at the outset what kind of learning programme you want to follow...
英英释义
noun
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- they got an early start
- she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
双语例句
- In contemporary China, there is heated argument in the villager's autonomy from its outset.
对村民自治的评价，从一开始就存在着激烈的和针锋相对的争论。 - The police had participated from the outset.
警方从一开始就参加了。 - The President has played a shrewd diplomatic game because from the outset he called for direct talks with the United States
总统玩了一场高明的外交游戏，因为从一开始他就要求和美国直接对话。 - "Negotiating" from this position contaminates the contract ( and the engagement) from the outset!
以此姿态进行“谈判”，便让合约和咨询活动从一开始就被“污染”了！ - I therefore want to make very clear here at the outset what I think philosophy is not.
因此，我想在一开始就声明，我认为哲学“不”是什么。 - Support for this objective must be designed into the system from the outset of the project.
从项目的开始，就应该把对这个目标的支持设计到系统中。 - I've been involved in this company from the outset.
从一开始我便与这家公司有关连。 - This is because all usable information concerning the system to be controlled is considered from the outset.
这是因为，涉及被控系统的所有可能的信息，从一开始就被考虑了。 - I warned you at the outset not to trust him, and you wouldn't listen to me.
一开始我就警告过你不要信任他，可你不肯听我的话。 - From the outset he had put his trust in me, the son of his old friend.
他从一开始就很信任我这个他老朋友的儿子。