毫不令人奇怪，那次结合从开始到结束都是一场灾难，尽管说这个婚姻有过开始不是太准确，因为这对夫妇看来从来没有圆房。

Not surprisingly, that union was a disaster from beginning to end, though it is not really accurate to speak of a beginning since the marriage appears never to have been consummated.

youdao

毫不令人奇怪，那次结合从开始到结束都是一场灾难，尽管说这个婚姻有过开始不是太准确，因为这对夫妇看来从来没有圆房。

Not surprisingly, that union was a disaster from beginning to end, though it is not really accurate to speak of a beginning since the marriage appears never to have been consummated.

youdao