outset
- 英式英标[\'aʊtsɛt]
- 美式音标[\'aʊtset]
中文词源
outset 开端
out-,向外，set,建立，开始。
英文词源
- outset (n.)
- "act of setting out on a journey, business, etc." 1759, from out + set (v.). The earlier word for this was outsetting (1670s).
实用例句
- 1. Almost from the outset, the extravaganza was beset with difficulties.
- 几乎从一开始, 这一盛事就被种种困难所困扰.
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- 2. He was not here at the outset of the experiment.
- 实验开始时他不在这里.
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- 3. The novel fascinates the reader from the outset.
- 这部小说一开头就把读者迷住了.
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- 4. I never understood why he didn't just accede to our demands at the outset.
- 我一直搞不懂他为什么不一开始就同意我们的要求。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. I warned you at the outset not to trust him, and you wouldn't listen to me.
- 一开始我就警告过你不要信任他, 可你不肯听我的话.
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