1. 首先：to be frank 说句实话 | to begin with 首先 | to start with首先
2. 首先,第一：to a turn 正好,恰好 | to begin with 首先,第一 | to date 到此为止
3. 首先;第一;起初：commitment n.承诺;保证;承担 | to begin with 首先;第一;起初 | sceptical adj.常怀疑的
4. 首先;第一点(理由)：begin doing/开始 | to begin with/首先;第一点(理由) | beginning n. 开始,起点;开端部分,开头部分
1. The imported Cadillac vehicles will begin to supply Chinese market in mid 2004, according to sources with GM China.
2. I'm going to Camp David this afternoon with Laura, and I'll begin the process of thinking about the Cabinet and the White House staff.
3. to begin with什么意思
3. The couple were making a visit to the Canary Islands to stay with her family before returning to London to begin their married life.
4. To begin with I could only hold two plates at one time but in the end I could carry dozens of plates at a time.
5. With more money in their pockets and the certainty of more to come, people begin to change their spending and consumption habits.
6. 911查询·英语单词
6. China's securities regulator said yesterday that time is ripe to begin experimenting with the circulation of nontradable shares in some pilot listed firms.
7. To begin with we need to step out of the comfort zone of standardized testing.
8. Judging for the competition will run from September through May 2008, with a final decision to be announced 100 days before the Games begin.
9. The second track is to possibly initiate direct contact with the government in Teheran to begin the long process of normalization of relations.
10. This institution is a solid platform for USP to begin cooperation with Chinese universities, as tertiary institutions embark on cooperating with their overseas counterparts.
adv
1. before now
e.g. why didn't you tell me in the first place?
Synonym: in the first place earlier in the beginning originally