to begin with

a) spoken used to introduce the first and most important point you want to make 首先〔用于引出首先想说的、最重要的内容〕

Well, to begin with, he shouldn’t even have been driving my car.

好吧，首先他本来就不应该开我的车。

b) NOWused to say that something was already in a particular condition before something else happened 原来

I didn’t break it! It was like that to begin with.

不是我弄坏的！它原来就是这样的。

c) FIRSTduring the first part of a process or activity 起初，开始的时候

The kids helped me to begin with, but they soon got bored.

开始时孩子们都来帮忙，但他们很快就厌烦了。

Examples from the Corpus

to begin with• It might be on sale, but it was way overpriced to begin with.• You don't need a complex system for that - just time and some simple logic to begin with.• Your first effort may well look like a rag doll, but this is quite adequate to begin with.• If the bonds were ours to begin with..• It was totally unnecessary, to begin with.• They were Hale and Pace to begin with.• But there is too little water to begin with, and water in rivers is phenomenally-expensive to move.• To begin with, much of this new housing is not affordable.• To keep from going into debt to begin with, set a budget and stick to it.• The trick is to begin with the empty set, which has no members.• Hopefully, the test items gave you some ideas about where to begin with your positive plot.

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词汇	to begin with
释义	to begin with to begin with a) spoken used to introduce the first and most important point you want to make 首先〔用于引出首先想说的、最重要的内容〕 Well, to begin with, he shouldn’t even have been driving my car. 好吧，首先他本来就不应该开我的车。 b) NOWused to say that something was already in a particular condition before something else happened 原来 I didn’t break it! It was like that to begin with. 不是我弄坏的！它原来就是这样的。 c) FIRSTduring the first part of a process or activity 起初，开始的时候 The kids helped me to begin with, but they soon got bored. 开始时孩子们都来帮忙，但他们很快就厌烦了。 Examples from the Corpus to begin with• It might be on sale, but it was way overpriced to begin with.• You don't need a complex system for that - just time and some simple logic to begin with.• Your first effort may well look like a rag doll, but this is quite adequate to begin with.• If the bonds were ours to begin with..• It was totally unnecessary, to begin with.• They were Hale and Pace to begin with.• But there is too little water to begin with, and water in rivers is phenomenally-expensive to move.• To begin with, much of this new housing is not affordable.• To keep from going into debt to begin with, set a budget and stick to it.• The trick is to begin with the empty set, which has no members.• Hopefully, the test items gave you some ideas about where to begin with your positive plot. → to begin with at begin(1)
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