宁夏
outset
英 ['aʊtset] 美 ['aʊtset]
n.开始；开端
◉词源
Outset（开始）约1759年进入英语，由 out-（向外）+ set（放置、开始）复合而成，取代了较早的 outsetting。演变过程：从“出发、开始行动”直接发展为“事情的开端”义，常用于 at/from the outset（从一开始）。前缀 out-（向外，古英语 ūt）；词根 set-（放置，古英语 settan，PIE sed- “坐”）
◉外刊例句
① The New York Times, 2012:
From the outset you also idealize two factions, one liberal...
从一开始你就将两个派系理想化，一个是自由派……
② The New York Times, 2010:
From the outset of his administration...
从他执政一开始……
◉ Usage Examples
(1) At the outset, it looked like a nice day.
(2) You should explain this to him from the outset.
(3) An ardent outset may be followed by declension.
(1) 开始的时候，天看上去很晴朗。
(2) 你应该一开始就向他解释这事。
(3) 热情的开端可能继之以冷漠。
◉柯林斯词典
1. [PHRASE 短语]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. [PHR after v]
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。
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