at the outset

At the outset, he said the group was planting several seeds, not all of which would flower.

他开始时就曾表示，该集团是在播下一些种子，但并非所有种子都能够开花。

Subtle abstractions emerge that would not have occurred to us at the outset but that pierce to the heart of the matter.

巧妙的抽象能够使得开始不为我们所知的事情核心的元素显露出来。

At the outset the company had no management and operations plan in place, and things have worked out just fine so far.

一开始，这个公司没有管理和业务计划，到现在为止一切进展顺利（inplace）。

As I said at the outset, Kyodo News believes that one of its key missions is to support world peace and a democratic society.

前面已经提到，共同通讯社把促进世界和平与民主社会的发展作为重要的使命之一。

It adds a significant cost to operating a business, and this cost is often impossible to quantify at the outset.

它明显地增加了开店的成本，但这些成本又无法在开始时确定。

They don't offer the bargains you'd expect -- at least at the outset, when the promoted discounts are usually off the full retail price.

他们不会同意你所期望的价格的，至少在一开始当这个促销的折扣价低于零售价时，商家不会同意的。

Can have never thought, he incredibly will at the outset to beat to call words, only and by far don't undo the inning of anxiety as well.

可没想到，他居然会率先打来电话，只不过眼下也并非解开心事的好时机。

Let me say at the outset that this proposal is made with no single region, no single class, no single racial or religious group in mind.

请允许我在开头便说明，这一建议的提出不带有对任何个地区、阶级、种族或教派的考虑。

'But Britain could have won the war by 1942 using the same technology, if the RAF had not rejected Whittle's designs at the outset. '

但是英国本可在1942用此技术嬴得战争，假如英国皇家空军从一开始不拒绝惠特尔爵士的发明。

At the outset, a design plan is required to set up the project, commonly referred to as a master plan or concept design.

项目开始时，需要制定设计计划，通常称总体计划或概念设计。这是设计任务最初的创意部分。

As you work with the data, see if you can think of changes that you could make at the outset to make reporting easier later.

如同您处理数据一样，看看是否您能够在开头考虑可以做出的变更，从而使得之后的报告更容易。

No matter how much money you raise at the outset, remember to bank some for a rainy day.

不管一开始你筹到了多少钱，记得存起一些以备不时之需。

I wish to make it clear at the outset that this matter of labels is entirely our problem.

我希望从一开始就想说明标签的事情完全是的问题。

As I said at the outset, we must tackle the urgent, the important and the long-term all at once.

正如我一开始就阐明的，我们必须同时着手解决紧迫的、重要的和长期的问题。

Our aim at the outset of the survey was to come up with a shortlist of five titles from which FT readers could select an all-time favourite.

此项调查的最初目的，是总结出一个包括5本书的最终候选名单，以供英国《金融时报》读者选出有史以来最受欢迎的商业书籍。

At the outset, both Jesse and I saw it as an opportunity to bridge our differences and build a united front for the campaign.

起初，我和杰西都认为这是弥合分歧、建立竞选统一阵线的一个机会。

At the outset it may difficult for you to do. I suggest you start with writing the story first and then recite it.

起初可能很难，所以，建议你先把故事写出来，背下来，再讲。

MOST British prime ministers end up trying to cut a dash on the world stage, even if at the outset they forswear such vanities.

大多数英国首相最终总是想要在国际舞台上大出风头，尽管最初上台时他们都发誓说绝不如此。

They were screened for depression at the outset and 125 scored high enough to be considered depressed.

开始即对他们进行了抑郁筛选，其中125人得分高得足以判断为抑郁。

In any case, as I said at the outset, a full discussion of memory allocation is beyond the scope of one column.

不管怎样，就像我开始所说的那样，有关内存分配的详细内容已经超出本专栏讨论的范围。