outset

1. PHRASE 在开始时/ 从一开始
   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.
   1. Decide at the outset what kind of learning programme you want to follow...
      开始时就选定自己的学习方案。
   2. From the outset he had put his trust in me, the son of his old friend.
      他从一开始就很信任我这个他老朋友的儿子。

1. 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。
2. The President has played a shrewd diplomatic game because from the outset he called for direct talks with the United States
   总统玩了一场高明的外交游戏，因为从一开始他就要求和美国直接对话。
3. Decide at the outset what kind of learning programme you want to follow
   开始时就选定自己的学习方案。
4. From the outset he had put his trust in me, the son of his old friend.
   他从一开始就很信任我这个他老朋友的儿子。
5. In the end, the Ten took their appeal to the Supreme Court; this, they had believed from the outset, would be their trump card
   最后，10个人上诉到最高法院：他们从一开始就认为这一招是他们的王牌。
6. He was not here at the outset of the experiment.
   实验开始时他不在这里。
7. Today's work went smoothly from the outset.
   今天的活儿一上手就很顺利。
8. 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。
9. Support for this objective must be designed into the system from the outset of the project.
   从项目的开始，就应该把对这个目标的支持设计到系统中。
10. At the outset, I want to thank you for your kindness to me and for your compliments.
    承蒙好意（特别关心）（十二分好意）首先，我要感谢您对我的友爱和问候。
11. 317. At the outset this set of setting settled the offset problem of the kettle.
    317.在开始，这一套设置解决了水壶的弥补问题。
12. At the outset of his career he was full of optimism but not now.
    一开始他对事业充满了信心，但现在不再是这样了。
13. This is because all usable information concerning the system to be controlled is considered from the outset.
    这是因为，涉及被控系统的所有可能的信息，从一开始就被考虑了。
14. I want to stress, at the outset, this is not an interrogation.
    我要强调，开始，这不是一个审问。
15. I have warned you many times that this project was wrong at the outset.
    我多次警告过你，这个项目一开始就已错了。
16. At the outset I want to thank you for your kindness to me and for your compliments.
    首先，要感谢你对我的一番好意和溢美之词。
17. "Negotiating" from this position contaminates the contract ( and the engagement) from the outset!
    以此姿态进行“谈判”，便让合约和咨询活动从一开始就被“污染”了！
18. I've been involved in this company from the outset.
    从一开始我便与这家公司有关连。
19. At the outset, I had doubts.
    起初，我确实怀有疑问。
20. He had assumed a principled, unchanging position from the outset.
    他从一开始就采取了一种有原则的，始终不变的立场。
21. The police had participated from the outset.
    警方从一开始就参加了。
22. At the outset they were delighted with this idea, and went back to their village.
    他们最初对这一说法感到很高兴，于是返回村庄去了。
23. Problems arose from the outset.
    一开始就产生了很多问题。
24. While this promotion is a bit beyond one's control at the outset, and painful.
    尽管这种推动在一开始是有些身不由己和痛苦的。
25. I therefore want to make very clear here at the outset what I think philosophy is not.
    因此，我想在一开始就声明，我认为哲学“不”是什么。
26. In contemporary China, there is heated argument in the villager's autonomy from its outset.
    对村民自治的评价，从一开始就存在着激烈的和针锋相对的争论。
27. You are going to love this book from the outset.
    你从一开始就会喜欢这本书的。
28. See you at the outset whether set share out bonus is converted endowment, turn into fund portion directly.
    看一下你当初是否设定了分红转投资，直接转成了基金份额。
29. Employees knew from the outset that their jobs would finish this year.
    雇员们从一开始就知道他们的工作今年将结束。
30. You should explain this to him at the outset.
    你应该一开始就向他解释这事。

n.

at/from the outset (of sth)

• 从开始
  at/from the beginning of sth
  1. I made it clear right from the outset that I disapproved.
     从一开始我就明确地说我不赞成。

noun

1. the time at which something is supposed to begin
   1. they got an early start
   2. she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her

   Synonym:    beginningcommencementfirstget-gostartkickoffstarting timeshowtimeoffset