at the outset

基本解释

In all of them his thinking was widely regarded at the outset as eccentric or worse.
几乎在这些涉及的领域，起初他的想法都被看作古怪的或说是糟糕的思想。
It leads the discussion to extremes at the outset: it invites you to think that animals should be treated either with the consideration humans extend to other humans,or with no consideration at all.
这种说法从一开始就将讨论引向两个极端，它使人们认为应这样对待动物：要么像对人类自身一样关切体谅，要么完全冷漠无情。
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。

Let me say at the outset that I firmly believe that results and impact are what count.
He says at the outset of his argument, "There are some," he says, indicating this is an opinion held by many people.
他说在他的论述之外，“有些人“他这么说，点明了这是很多人所持的看法。
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And I should say at the outset-- I'm going to prejudice your listening here just a little bit.
首先我得说件事,我要耽误一下你们听音乐的时间
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