| EXAMPLE SENTENCES | ||
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起先，小阿尔伯特并不害怕小白兔。 So, the first part, Little Albert's fine with the white rabbit. | ||
起先圣贤和凡人是一样的。 Saints and ordinary folks are the same from the start. | ||
那天股票价格起先跌了，临近收盘时又涨了。 Share prices fell early on but rose again late in the day. | ||
起先，他曾生气地摇摇头，让担架员走开。 At first he had waved aside the litter-bearers with an angry toss of his head. | ||
他们起先气势汹汹，但一看情形不妙立刻软了下来。 They make threats but back down at the first sniff of trouble. | ||
起先，那只是闪现在石板路上的灰黄色的星星之火。 At first it was but a lurid spark upon the stone pavement. | ||
起先没有动静，随后我们得到确讯，他们即将结婚。 At first nothing happened. Then we were sure that they were to be married. | ||
起先我以为他腼腆，后来才发现他对别人没兴趣。 At first I thought he was shy, but then I discovered he was just not interested in other people. | ||
起先我们说话时压低声音，走路蹑手蹑脚的，以免惊动他们。 At first we spoke in hushed voices and crept about in order not to alarm them. | ||
起先冰层分毫不动，只叽嘎了一下，像沉重的门扉。 At first the ice held, only creaking a bit, like a heavy gate. | ||
