At the start
开始, 起初
🧩 词语组成解析
at
[æt]
prep. （表示位置）在;在（某时间或时刻）;以，达; 向，朝;
n. 阿特（老挝辅币单位，100 阿特 = 1 基普）;
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
start
[stɑrt]
n. 开始;动身;开动;起点;
vt.& vi. 出发，启程;
vt. 起动;提出（问题）;开办;使开始;
vi. 起始;突然出现;突然跳起;突然涌出;
🗣️ 情景例句
and we'll go out to dinner.
然后我们到外面吃晚饭。
I would like to call a plumber to come this afternoon.
我要叫一个水管工人今天下午来。
She understood what I was talking about, even though it was the first time we had spoken together.
她理解我的话，虽然我们是第一次在一起说话。