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、performance
表演;演出
Inside the theatre, they were giving a performance of Bizet's Carmen.
在劇院里,他們正在演出比才的作品《卡門》。
her performance as the betrayed Medea.
她所演繹的遭人背叛的美狄亞
表現;業績;性能;運行情況
That study looked at the performance of 18 surgeons.
那項研究調查了18名外科醫生的工作表現。
The poor performance has been blamed on the recession and cheaper sports car imports.
業績不佳的原因被歸咎于經濟衰退和低價跑車的進口。
執行;履行;做
He devoted in excess of seventy hours a week to the performance of his duties.
為了完成任務,他每周工作70多個小時。
The people believe that the performance of this ritual is the will of the Great Spirit.
該部族的人認為舉行這種儀式是大神的意志。