start out phrasal verbphr v a) to begin happening or existing in a particular way, especially when this changes later 起初(是),最初(是) as ‘The Star’ started out as a small weekly newspaper. 《星报》最初是一份小型周报。
The leaves start out a pale green, and later get darker. 叶子开始是淡绿色,后来颜色会逐渐变深。
b) to begin your life or profession, or an important period of time 开始〔生活、职业、重要阶段〕 When the band first started out, they played at small clubs. 这支乐队刚开始时在小俱乐部里表演。
as She started out as a model. 她一开始是做模特的。
on5The young couple were planning to get married and start out on their life together.这对年轻人打算结婚,开始共同生活。
n young couples starting out on their life together
c) to begin going somewhere 出发,启程 Oliver started out at five, when it was still dark. 五点钟天还没亮,奥利弗就出发了。
start as• What had started out as a bad day had suddenly become brighter.• What had started out as a localized punch-up, had now developed into wholesale slaughter.• What had started out as a quest for metallic hydrogen now became a serious hunt for fusion.• Padres closer Trevor Hoffman, lest we forget, started out as a shortstop.• And yet when you are first starting out as an entrepreneur, a detour is awfully hard to resist.• But that was only because it had started out as one of the worst in the industrialized world.• Microbrewing Brewing started out as something of a hobby for Stutrud until 1984.