To start with, it was raining, and rainy days make me sad. 起初,天在下雨,雨天使我心情很不好。 ①{#blank#}1{#/blank#}作"首先"解时,在句中常常以插入语的形式出现。
To start with, the computer room must be kept very clean.
首先,计算机工作室必须保持清洁。
Our group had five members, to start with.刚开始,我们小组只有五个人。
② start with可表示"从……开始;先从某事做起",与begin…with是同义词组。反义词组是{#blank#}2{#/blank#} "以……结束"。
The meeting {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a speech given by the chairman.会议以主席的讲话结束。
He wanted to start/begin with the smallest country and end with the largest one.
他打算先去最小的国家,最后去最大的国家。
③start单独使用时,意为"开始",可用作及物动词或不及物动词。用作及物动词时,其后跟名词、代词,也可跟动词不定式或动名词形式。begin是start的同义词,两者在用法上没有很大差别,只是start侧重动作的突然开始。
As soon as we got there, it started raining.我们一到那儿就下雨了。
When did we start/begin this lesson?我们是什么时候开始讲这一课的?