| 单词 | at the outset |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat the outset a. The action or fact of setting out upon a journey, course of action, business, etc.; a start, a beginning. Now chiefly in at the outset, from the outset. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] ordeOE thresholdeOE frumthc950 anginOE frumeOE worthOE beginninga1225 springc1225 springc1225 commencementc1250 ginninga1300 comsingc1325 entryc1330 aginning1340 alphac1384 incomea1400 formec1400 ingressc1420 birtha1425 principlea1449 comsementa1450 resultancec1450 inition1463 inceptiona1483 entering1526 originala1529 inchoation1530 opening1531 starting1541 principium1550 entrance1553 onset1561 rise1589 begin1590 ingate1591 overture1595 budding1601 initiationa1607 starting off1616 dawninga1631 dawn1633 impriminga1639 start1644 fall1647 initial1656 outset1664 outsettinga1698 going off1714 offsetting1782 offset1791 commence1794 aurora1806 incipiency1817 set-out1821 set-in1826 throw-off1828 go-off1830 outstart1844 start1857 incipience1864 oncome1865 kick-off1875 off-go1886 off1896 get-go1960 lift-off1967 1664 T. Allin Jrnl. 14 Sept. (Tanner 296) We could nott fetch weatherly enuffe to gett cleere ground soe came to our starboard tacke and stood ouer towards the Spanish coast to spend away the out sett. 1749 A. Hill Gideon (rev. ed.) ii. xxi. 105 Then, the Sun's Outset, seen and hail'd, with day-discov'ring Cries, In worship'd Pomp, rolls glorious up, to Sight. 1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 3 This is no pleasant prospect at the outset of a political journey. 1795 W. Mason Ess. Eng. Church Music ii. 140 These Masters, at least in the outset of their strains, were careful to preserve Air. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall i. 2 A good outset is half the voyage. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures xxiii Perhaps he had from the outset been induced to enter his own name as the purchaser. 1891 ‘L. Keith’ Halletts I. xi She had witnessed the outset from her seat in the window. 1923 R. Macaulay Told by Idiot ii. v. 81 Curious..not to foresee these developments at the outset, before taking the serious step of marriage. 1961 K. Tynan Curtains i. 39 Instead of saving up the revelation that she loves Mirabell, she lets us know it from the outset. 1990 Independent 8 May 12/5 Her bid for the state treasurer's post is believed to be the outset of an effort to unseat her ex-husband in 1992. < as lemmas |
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