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This disease later came to be known as AIDS, but at first it had no name and puzzled everyone, including the doctors.

后来，这种疾病开始被称为爱滋病（AIDS），但是起初它没有名字而且困扰著每一个人，包括医生也迷惑不解。

He wondered if she had been afraid at first, going up in that little wicker basket with the hills falling away.

他猜想她起初应该很害怕吧，毕竟，他们站在藤条制的狭小篮子里看着群山渐渐缩小。

That might be fine at first, but eventually he's going to have to understand that adulthood doesn't come with an allowance.

这种方法起初看起来很好，但他最终不得不明白成人以后是没人给他零用钱的。

At first my eyes and ears did not work very well, but after a while I began to see and hear clearly.

开始时我的眼睛和耳朵不大灵便，但过了一会儿我就能看清楚、听明白了。

At first he thought this was because he had allowed his will to weaken, the concentrated power of his mind to grow slack.

起初，他以为这是因为自己意志不够坚定，让聚精会神的注意力涣散了。

The bulk of the money will have to come from the private sector. At first that could be in the form of loans and equity investments.

其中的大部分资金只能来自私人部门，起初可能以贷款和股权投资的形式出现。

You might be able to pursue it within your current job, or do it as a side job or just as a hobby at first.

你可能在现在的工作中就能实践，或者把它作为兼职来做，或者仅仅从爱好出发。

At first his wife did not answer, but then she said, "Well, Herbert laughed about it. . . "

开始，他妻子没有理他，好一会儿才说：“赫伯特也嘲笑过这件事。”

At first the old soldier did not answer, but in the end he said quietly, "OK. But remember! Be careful! Think before you make your wish, "

开始，老兵什么也不回答，最后他静静地说，“好吧，但记住要小心，在你许愿之前要考虑好。”

'Cornelia, ' said the Doctor, 'Dombey will be your charge at first. Bring him on, Cornelia, bring him on. '

“科妮莉亚，”博士说道，“董贝首先交给你管。培养他吧，科妮莉亚，培养他吧。”

N. At first he does not know at all what she does or what she sacrifices for him. Especially he cannot allow for her hate.

在开始的时候，他一点都不知道她所做的一起和她为他做出的牺牲。

I fitted myself up for a battle, as before; though with more caution, knowing I had to do with another kind of enemy than I had at first.

我照旧进行着作战的准备；可是比过去更加小心，因为我知道所要应付的是一种和从前不同的敌人。

So that would not, at first sight, seem to suggest that oil money has been driving bond yields up and down.

乍一看来，似乎石油美元推动债券收益率大起大落的论断并不成立。

At first, I had my dog in Spain. I had to fill in papers to get him, it was very strict, and I missed him for the year.

最初我在西班牙有自己的狗，我必须填满各种文件才能得到它，这种事儿非常严格，现在我很想念它。

Further research is needed, and the truth is bound to be quite a bit more complex than it might at first appear.

还需要进一步的研究，真相注定会比当最初被发现时更复杂。

Three years later , he began to develop AIDS symptoms. At first he thought it was just a bad cold.

三年以后，他开始出现艾滋病的症状。一开始，他以为只不过是一场重感冒。

In the light of day, in a street full of passengers, she was like playing a lucky-draw and had her eye on me at first sight.

光天化日，在人们熙来攘往的大街上，她像是在玩送奖游戏，一眼看中了走在法国梧桐树下的我。

At first there were just small groups of men, moving about six in a bunch with a 10-yard interval between them.

起初，只是几小群士兵，大约六人一组，组间距离10码左右。

and it might be said after all that, at first sight, our science certainly seems to have re-adopted the solution of closing the frontier.

我们终究要说，乍看来，我们的科学重新采用的解决方法，似乎是将这个边境封闭。

At first, I read in the living room, do not know Fall in love with my orchids, nodding his head in a pot peck.

起先，我在客厅看书，不知道他恋上了我的兰花，在花盆里点头啄食。