the outset
noun[S]
uk/ˈaʊt.set/us/ˈaʊt.set/C2
thebeginning:
开端,开始I told himat/fromtheoutsetI wasn'tinterested.我从一开始就告诉他我没兴趣。
Beginnings and starts
- a baptism of/by fireidiom
- advent
- baptism
- beginning
- birth
- commencement
- inception
- initiation
- introduction
- jumping-off point
- kick off
- onset
- outbreak
- square
- start
- starter
- starting time
- the thin end of the wedgeidiom
- trigger
- zero hour