outset

英 ['aʊtset] 美 ['aʊtset]

• n. 开始；开端

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [S]开始,开端

   the beginning

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 开始，开端，最初，开头，起初

英英释义

Noun:

1. the time at which something is supposed to begin;

   "they got an early start"
   "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. At the outset, it looked like a nice day.
   开始的时候，天看上去很晴朗。
2. You should explain this to him from the outset.
   你应该一开始就向他解释这事。
3. An ardent outset may be followed by declension.
   热情的开端可能继之以冷漠。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. 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。
2. He was not here at the outset of the experiment.
   实验开始时他不在这里。

经典引文

• A good outset is half the voyage.

  出自： W. Irving

• I made up my mind at the outset.

  出自： H. James

• From the outset Freud had been suspicious of him.

  出自： P. Grosskurth

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

介词+～

• at〔from〕 the outset 一开始

近反义词

【近义词】

• beginning
• start

【反义词】

• end
• finish