outset意思

1. 开始，开端，最初，开头，起初

1. the time at which something is supposed to begin;

   "they got an early start"
   "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
   

1.在开始时/ 从一开始
If something happensat the outset of an event, process, or period of time, it happens at the beginning of it. If something happensfrom the outset it happens from the beginning and continues to happen.

e.g. Decide at theoutset what kind of learning programme you want to follow...
开始时就选定自己的学习方案。
e.g. From theoutset he had put his trust in me, the son of his old friend.
他从一开始就很信任我这个他老朋友的儿子。

1. I warned you at the outset not to trust him, and you wouldn't listen to me.
   一开始我就警告过你不要信任他,可你不肯听我的话。
2. He was not here at the outset of the experiment.
   实验开始时他不在这里。

• A good outset is half the voyage.

  出自：W. Irving

• I made up my mind at the outset.

  出自：H. James

• From the outset Freud had been suspicious of him.

  出自：P. Grosskurth