chū
  • at the beginning of;in the early part of
  • first;elementary;rudimentary;original
  • for the first time
初
[chū]
  • 开始时,开始的部分:~始。正月~一。~旬。~稿。~等。~版。~试。~创。~绽。~叶(指某一历史时期的最初一段)。~夜(a.指进入夜晚不久的时候;b.指新婚第一夜)。

  • 原来的,原来的情况:~衷。和好如~。

  • 姓。

[chū]
[名]
1

(开始的部分) at the beginning of; in the early part of:

  • 八月初

    early in August; in early August;

  • 年初

    at the beginning of the year

2

(姓氏) a surname:

  • 初卫

    Chu Wei

[助]
1

(附着在数词一至十之前表示次序):

  • 初一[二]

    the first [second] day (of a lunar month)

[形]
1

(第一个) first (in order):

  • 初雪

    first snow;

  • 初战

    first battle

2

(等级最低的) elementary; rudimentary:

  • 初级班

    elementary course

3

(原来的; 原来的情况) original:

  • 初愿

    one's original intention;

  • 和好如初

    become reconciled

[副]
1

(第一次; 刚开始) for the first time:

  • 初出炉

    just out of the oven;

  • 初具规模

    begin to take shape;

  • 初晴

    sky has just cleared;

  • 感冒初起

    with the first symptoms of a cold

  1. 20世纪初几乎有三分之一的人口依靠种地为生。

    At the beginning of the 20th century almost a third of the population lived off the land .

  2. 婚礼定于三月初举行。

    The wedding will be at the beginning of March .

  3. 明年初该新产品就会在超级市场上架。

    The new product will arrive on supermarket shelves early next year .

  4. 您对初入商界的人有何建议?

    What advice would you proffer to someone starting up in business ?

  5. 她计划明年初展出自己的绘画作品。

    She plans to show her paintings early next year .

  6. 他初到这座城市时租房住在布朗太太的家里。

    He lodged with Mrs Brown when he arrived in the city .

  7. 下水道排水系统是本世纪初修的。

    The drains date from the beginning of the century .

  8. 我们在赛季初表现不佳之后一直在努力追赶。

    After our bad start to the season we were always playing catch-up .

  9. 公司创业之初只有30名员工。

    The company started out with 30 employees .

  10. 拍摄于今年初开始。

    Shooting began early this year .

  11. 源自19世纪初的工人内德∙卢德,他同其他一些工人认为机器会夺走工作而将工厂机器捣毁。

    Named after Ned Lud , one of the workers who destroyed machinery in factories in the early 19th century , because they believed it would take away their jobs .

  12. 20世纪80年代初他突然在时尚界活跃起来。

    He burst onto the fashion scene in the early 1980s .

  13. 他下周初也许就可以出院了。

    He may be able to leave hospital early next week .

  14. 考古学家在发掘之初就知道他们将有重大发现。

    Archaeologists knew they were onto something big when they started digging .

  15. 从20世纪70年代初开始,国际石油市场就一直很不稳定。

    The international oil markets have been highly volatile since the early 1970s

  16. 这座电站到20世纪80年代初就已经失去作用了。

    By the early 1980s , the power station had outlived its purpose .

  17. 20世纪70年代初,移民的规模骤然扩大。

    The scale of migration took a quantum leap in the early 1970s .

  18. 莎士比亚笔下的女性角色在创作之初是打算由男性来扮演的。

    Shakespearean women 's roles were originally written to be played by men .

  19. 萨尔瓦多在20世纪80年代初首次成为世人关注的新闻焦点。

    El Salvador first hit the world headlines at the beginning of the 1980s

  20. 自20世纪80年代初以来,已有超过50家国有公司被出售。

    More than 50 state-owned companies have been sold since the early 1980s .

  21. 甲壳虫乐队于20世纪60年代初为世人所知。

    The Beatles were discovered in the early 1960 's.

  22. 70年代初我戴假睫毛,这在当时是时尚。

    In the early seventies I wore false eyelashes , as was the fashion

  23. 将加热过的特级初榨橄榄油淋在上面。

    Drizzle them with warmed extra virgin olive oil .

  24. 在换季之初抢先购买通常会有折扣优惠。

    Early bird discounts are usually available at the beginning of the season .

  25. 6世纪初,从不列颠涌向布列塔尼的移民潮达到了高峰。

    During the early sixth century emigration from Britain to Brittany was at its height

  26. 他们声称警方在调查之初错过了宝贵的时间。

    They claim that police lost valuable time in the early part of the investigation

  27. 初为人母者很容易把心思全放在婴儿身上而浑然不觉。

    New mothers can get very wrapped up in their baby without realising it .

  28. 他在等候审判,预计明年初开始。

    He 's awaiting trial , which is expected to begin early next year .

  29. 他20世纪50年代初开始从事表演。

    He began performing in the early fifties .

  30. 好,就说到这儿吧,下周初我们再谈。

    O.K. I 'll sign off . We 'll talk at the beginning of the week