| 单词 | from the first |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrom the (very) first (b) from the (very) first: from the beginning, at the outset, to start with. ΚΠ 1611 Bible (King James) Luke i. 3 Hauing had perfect vnderstanding of things from the very first . View more context for this quotation 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 18 Their Practice from the first, is ill grounded. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero (1742) II. vii. 266 I..who from the very first have always been the adviser of peace. 1804 W. Wilberforce Let. 29 Sept. in J. Aitken Eng. Lett. XIX Cent. (1946) 28 B.'s first letter would convey the idea of his having had in his mind from the very first the..plan. 1854 C. Dickens Hard Times iii. viii. 339 I have suspected young Mr. Tom of this bank-robbery from the first. 1885 Manch. Evening News 16 July 3/1 The disaffected section..made a dead set against him from the first. 1917 J. London Michael Brother of Jerry xi. 85 And Michael, who with a single careless paw-stroke could have broken Cocky's slender neck.., was careful of him from the first. 1946 C. Bush Case Second Chance ii. 21 From the very first she struck me as well up to her job as cook-housekeeper. 2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 Feb. 6/2 The sponsoring body..had insisted from the first that it was conducting not a competition but an Innovative Design Study. < as lemmas |
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