start off

英 [stɑːt ɒf]

美 [stɑːrt ɔːf]

第一份工作是…; 从…开始; 从…着手; 使（某人）开始（做某事）; 使开始

牛津词典

• 以上各词均用以指事情开始发生或开始做某事。
  These words are all used to talk about things happening from the beginning, or people doing the first part of sth.
• 指开始发生或存在、以…开始、以…为起点：
  to begin to happen or exist; to begin in a particular way or from a particular point
  1. When does the class start?
     什么时候上课？
• 指开始发生或存在、以…开始、以…为起点、开始讲话：
  to start to happen or exist; to start in a particular way or from a particular point; to start speaking
  1. When does the concert begin?
     音乐会什么时候开始？
• 指进行或开展起来、首先进行、一开始是：
  ( rather informal ) to start happening or doing sth; to start by doing or being sth
  1. The discussion started off mildly enough.
     讨论颇为温和地开展起来。
• 尤指以…开始（活动）、（活动）以…开始：
  ( informal ) to start an event or activity, especially in a particular way; (of an event, activity, etc.) to start, especially in a particular way
  1. Tom will kick off with a few comments.
     汤姆讲话时要先发表几点意见。
  2. The festival kicks off on Monday, September 13.
     节期从9月13日星期一开始。
• 指开始发生：
  ( formal ) to start happening
  1. The meeting is scheduled to commence at noon.
     会议定于午间召开。
• 指以…开始（活动）、（活动、电影或书）以…开头／开篇：
  to start an event or activity in a particular way; (of an event, film/movie or book) to start, especially in a particular way
  1. The story opens with a murder.
     故事以一宗谋杀案作序幕。
• 指开始：
  to start
  1. Preparations have got under way for a week of special events in May.
     五月份特别活动周的准备工作已经开始。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 从…开始;从…着手
  If youstart off bydoing something, you do it as the first part of an activity.
  1. She started off by accusing him of blackmail but he more or less ignored her...
     她先是指控他勒索，但他几乎不理睬她。
  2. Joe Loss started off playing piano background music for silent films in the 1920s.
     乔·洛斯先是于 20 世纪 20 年代为无声电影弹奏钢琴背景音乐。
• PHRASAL VERB 使(某人)开始(做某事)
  Tostartsomeoneoffmeans to cause them to begin doing something.
  1. Her mother started her off acting in children's theatre.
     她母亲先是让她在儿童剧院里演出。
• PHRASAL VERB 使开始
  Tostartsomethingoffmeans to cause it to begin.
  1. He became more aware of the things that started that tension off...
     他越来越清楚地认识到引起紧张局势的原因。
  2. Best results are obtained by starting the plants off in a warm greenhouse.
     要想取得最理想的结果，一开始就应该让植株在温暖的温室里生长。
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双语例句

• Let's start off with a few questions from the audience.
  让我们从观众的几个问题开始吧。
• Let's start off with a basic question.
  我们用基本的问题开始。
• When I start my career in Brazil, I flew to Thailand and he is the one who took all my shots and he did all my material to start off my modeling.
  当我开始在巴西我的职业生涯，我飞往泰国和他是一个谁把我所有的照片和他做了所有我的材料，开始了我的造型。
• Please start off first, I will follow right away.
  您先行一步，我随后就到。
• I'll start off by filling you in on the background of this research.
  首先我要提供各位这个研究的背景。
• I first want to start off by thanking Blizzard and its staff at Gen Con.
  首先我要以感谢暴雪和他们在GenCon的员工们作为开始。
• Get your things together. We'll start off.
  快收拾好东西，我们就要出发了。
• When I start off to find somebody I find them.
  当我准备开始要找某人时，我就一定会找到的。
• This helps you wrap up the previous task and start off on the next one.
  这会帮助你总结前一项任务，并开始进行下一项任务。
• If you still lack confidence in your conversational skills, start off by talking to your family and friends.
  如果你对自己的谈话技巧缺乏信心，那么从与家人交谈和与朋友交谈开始。