start(sth)off
—phrasal verbwithstartverbuk/stɑːt/us/stɑːrt/
B1
tobeginby doing something, or to make somethingbeginby doing something
（使）（以…）开始
Shestartedoff themeetingwith themonthlysalesreport.她在会议开始时首先做了月度销售报告。
I'd like tostartoff bythankingyou all for coming today.首先，我想感谢大家今天的光临。
- I'm going tostartoff byintroducingtwo newmembersofstaff.
- Hestartedoff bysummarizingMartin'ssalesreport.
- Hestartedoff as a children'sentertainer.
- Istartedoff mycareerin asmallcompanyin Birmingham.
- Istartedoff thedaywell enough but I'mbeginningtodroop.