to begin with

英 [tu bɪˈɡɪn wɪð]

美 [tu bɪˈɡɪn wɪð]

刚开始; 首先; 最初; 第一

英英释义

adv

before now
1. why didn't you tell me in the first place?
Synonym:in the first placeearlierin the beginningoriginally

I always give new workers a short contract to begin with, as I want to see how they measure up before I employ them on a lasting basis.
雇用工人时我先同他们订个短期合同，我要看看他们的能力再决定是否长期雇用。
To begin with, you need to develop the type trees required for these two maps.
首先，您需要开发这两个映射需要的类型树。
To begin with, my English teacher spoke too quickly and I can't understand her.
一开始，我的英语老师说的太快了，我不能理解她。
To begin with, no one can deny that listening and speaking play important roles in English study.
首先，没人能否认在学英语中，听和说扮演着重要的角色。
To begin with, let me be clear: America wants a strong, peaceful, and prosperous Russia.
首先，我要清楚表明：美国希望有一个强大、和平和繁荣的俄罗斯。
To begin with he was Prince Charming.
首先，他是一个白马王子。
Frankly, I should never have done that to begin with.
坦白说，我开始，就不该那么做。
To begin with, we had very little support, but later on people began to rally to us.
起初支持我们者甚寡，后来人们逐渐团结到我们这一边来了。
We have an uneasy relationship with them to begin with.
一开始，我们和孩子们的关系就不融洽。
To begin with, I will tell you how to increase your bandwidth speed by20%.
首先，我会告诉你如何提高您的带宽速度由20%。