start off
phrasal verbstart off
- to begin to move
开始活动;动身 - The horse started off at a steady trot.
马稳步小跑起来。
- The horse started off at a steady trot.
- to begin happening; to begin doing something
进行(或开展)起来 - The discussion started off mildly enough.
讨论颇为温和地开展起来。
- The discussion started off mildly enough.
- to begin by doing or being something
首先进行;一开始是 - Let's start off with some gentle exercises.
我们先来做点强度低的运动。 - We started off by introducing ourselves.
我们一开始先自我介绍。 - We'll start off by doing some warm-up exercises.
我们从热身练习开始。 - + adj. The leaves start off green but turn red later.
树叶起先是绿色,到后来会变红。 - start off doing something I started off working quite hard, but it didn't last.
我一开始非常勤奋,但没有坚持下去。
- Let's start off with some gentle exercises.
start something off
- to begin doing something; to make something begin
首先进行;一开始是 - Let's start off the discussion by defining what we mean by ‘software architecture’.
让我们从定义什么是“软件架构”开始讨论。 - How are we going to start everything off?
我们要怎么开始一切?
- Let's start off the discussion by defining what we mean by ‘software architecture’.
start somebody off (on something)
- [no passive] to make somebody begin doing something
使开始(做某事) - What started her off on that crazy idea?
她怎么会有那样古怪的念头呢? - Don't say anything to her—you'll start her off again (= make her get angry).
什么也别跟她说,不然你又要惹她生气了。 - start somebody off doing something Kevin started us all off laughing.
凯文把我们大家都逗笑了。
- What started her off on that crazy idea?
- to help somebody begin doing something
帮助某人开始(做某事) - My mother started me off on the piano when I was three.
三岁时我母亲就让我开始练钢琴了。 - start somebody off doing something His father started him off farming.
他父亲指点他做农活儿。
- My mother started me off on the piano when I was three.