起先我对这个地方不熟悉。
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.
好吧，我知道它在哪里；但起先不是我把它放在那儿的。
Right well I know where it lies; but it was not I that put it there--first.
几天来，一直都有臭味，起先，我以为那股鱼腥味是我的幻觉，可是味道越来越明显。
It had stunk for several days, and at first, I'd thought I was imagining the fishy odor, but it had become more pronounced.
树叶起先是绿色，到后来会变红。
那天股票价格起先跌了，临近收盘时又涨了。
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.
我起先打算写一篇短篇小说，但很快就写成了长篇小说。
I started out to write a short story, but it soon developed into a novel.
我起先打算写一篇短片小说。
起先看起来河水中似乎没有一条鱼。
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.
起先他卖一美元一瓶的治感冒的药。
At first he sold bottles of a cure for colds for just a dollar a bottle.
起先，我刚刚以我的嘴站立公开而且看。
起先，我想指出，这肯定是个特殊的案例。
At first, I figured that this must have been a special case.
它们起先是小泡然后变成纤维管。
They start out as vesicles that then stretch into stringy tubes.
他起先在一个食品批发部门做工人。
He started working as a laborer at a state-owned food wholesaler.
起先，他坐在一个垫子上面，嘴里诅咒着学校。
气象单位起先也同意这种说法。
起先我们松了口气，我们当成有人来救我们了。
At first we felt relieved. Someone had come to rescue us, we thought!
老人起先同意他们。
起先，她想叫卫兵，但是一转念又改变了主意。
At first, she wanted to call the guards, but on second thoughts she changed her mind.
起先，他不想结婚。
爱他的人民起先厌恶他，然后嘲弄他。
The love the people owed him turned at first to loathing, then to ridicule.
但是起先的几个星期这些小男孩的发音有些古怪。
But for the first few weeks the younger boy's accent did something very odd.
他起先几乎忘记了这扇门。
汉密尔顿起先凝视着我，又看了看照片。
她丈夫起先似乎也这么想。
她丈夫起先似乎也这么想。
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