1、start out
起初是…
Daly was a fast-talking Irish-American who had started out as a salesman.
達利是個花言巧語的愛爾蘭裔美國人,最初是干推銷員的。
What started out as fun quickly became hard work.
起初好玩的事很快就變成了艱苦的工作。
從…開始;從…著手
We started out by looking at ways in which big projects such as railways could be financed by the private sector.
我們先研究了讓私營企業(yè)投資鐵路等大型項目的方式。
The child'll start out by making relatively few distinctions in the language.
孩子開始時不太能辨別語言中的差別。
2、contact
(尤指經(jīng)常性的)聯(lián)系,聯(lián)絡(luò)
Opposition leaders are denying any contact with the government in Kabul.
反對派領(lǐng)袖否認與喀布爾政府有任何聯(lián)系。
He forbade contacts between directors and executives outside his presence.
他禁止董事與管理層繞開他私下進行任何聯(lián)系。
接觸;遇見
Doctors I came into contact with voiced their concern.
我接觸到的醫(yī)生都表示了他們的擔(dān)心。
The college has brought me into contact with western ideas.
上大學(xué)使我接觸了西方的思想。
觸碰;接觸
They compared how these organisms behaved when left in contact with different materials.
他們比較了與不同材料接觸時這些生物體的反應(yīng)。
The cry occurs when air is brought into contact with the baby's larynx.
嬰兒的喉嚨接觸到空氣時,就會哭出來。