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1. 起初是…
If someone or something starts out as a particular thing, they are that thing at the beginning although they change later.
2. 从…开始;从…着手
If you start out by doing something, you do it at the beginning of an activity.
1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
e.g. We began working at dawn
Who will start?
Get working as soon as the sun rises!
The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
He began early in the day
Let's get down to work now
Synonym: get downbegingetstartset aboutset outcommence
2. leave
e.g. The family took off for Florida