in the beginning to start with at first in the outset in the first place
There has been a busy start to polling in today´s local elections.
今天地方选举的投票一开始就人头攒动。
—— 柯林斯例句I saw through your little ruse from the start.
从一开始我就看穿了你的小计谋。
—— 柯林斯例句All of the passengers started the day with a swim.
所有的乘客那天一开始就先游了个泳。
—— 柯林斯例句The transmission began with a recitation from the Koran.
节目一开始是一段《古兰经》朗诵。
—— 柯林斯例句I don´t think we should have been there in the first place.
我认为我们从一开始就不该在那儿。
—— 柯林斯例句