| 单词 | outset |
| 释义 | outset (aʊtset ) at the outset/from the outset phrase If something happens at the outset of an event, process, or period of time, it happens at the beginning of it. If something happens from the outset it happens from the beginning and continues to happen. Decide at the outset what kind of learning programme you want to follow. From the outset he had put his trust in me, the son of his old friend. Collocations: very outset This happens from the very outset. The Times Literary Supplement The regulator said that the airline had failed to provide an overall clear price at the very outset of the online booking procedure. Times, Sunday Times Since he goes well beyond all thresholds, the prologue gives a false impression at the very outset. Outlook India They believe - and they are right - that at the very outset she should have come clean with the country and with her own party about the limits of the possible. Times, Sunday Times We learn at the very outset of that play how something that didn't happen changed the course of history; how 'mere' words had the power to shape events. The Times Literary Supplement Translations: Chinese: 开端 Japanese: 最初 |
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