outset的意思

outset

英式音标['aʊtsɛt]
美式英标['aʊtset]

基本解释

n. 开始；开端

中文词源

outset 开端

out-,向外，set,建立，开始。

英文词源

outset (n.): "act of setting out on a journey, business, etc." 1759, from out + set (v.). The earlier word for this was outsetting (1670s).

实用例句

1. Almost from the outset, the extravaganza was beset with difficulties.: 几乎从一开始, 这一盛事就被种种困难所困扰.

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

3. The novel fascinates the reader from the outset.: 这部小说一开头就把读者迷住了.

4. I never understood why he didn't just accede to our demands at the outset.: 我一直搞不懂他为什么不一开始就同意我们的要求。

5. 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.

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