outset
英['a?tset]
美['a?ts?t]
- n. 開始；開端
中文詞源
outset 開端
out-,向外，set,建立，開始。
英文詞源
- outset (n.)
- "act of setting out on a journey, business, etc." 1759, from out + set (v.). The earlier word for this was outsetting (1670s).
雙語例句
- 1. Almost from the outset, the extravaganza was beset with difficulties.
- 幾乎從一開始, 這一盛事就被種種困難所困擾.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. He was not here at the outset of the experiment.
- 實驗開始時他不在這里.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The novel fascinates the reader from the outset.
- 這部小說一開頭就把讀者迷住了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. I never understood why he didn't just accede to our demands at the outset.
- 我一直搞不懂他為什么不一開始就同意我們的要求。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I warned you at the outset not to trust him, and you wouldn't listen to me.
- 一開始我就警告過你不要信任他, 可你不肯聽我的話.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》