outset

英 [ˈaʊtset]

美 [ˈaʊtset]

n.  开端 开始；起始

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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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the time at which something is supposed to begin
  1. they got an early start
  2. she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
  Synonym:beginningcommencementfirstget-gostartkickoffstarting timeshowtimeoffset

双语例句

• He was not here at the outset of the experiment.
  实验开始时他不在这里。
• In the end, the Ten took their appeal to the Supreme Court; this, they had believed from the outset, would be their trump card
  最后，10个人上诉到最高法院：他们从一开始就认为这一招是他们的王牌。
• 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。
• At the outset, I want to thank you for your kindness to me and for your compliments.
  承蒙好意（特别关心）（十二分好意）首先，我要感谢您对我的友爱和问候。
• At the outset I want to thank you for your kindness to me and for your compliments.
  首先，要感谢你对我的一番好意和溢美之词。
• 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。
• You should explain this to him at the outset.
  你应该一开始就向他解释这事。
• Employees knew from the outset that their jobs would finish this year.
  雇员们从一开始就知道他们的工作今年将结束。
• 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。
• 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。