These changes were gradual and at first scarcely visible.
这些变化是循序渐进的，起初几乎看不出来。
It had stunk for several days, and at first, I'd thought I was imagining the fishy odor, but it had become more pronounced.
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。
The Netherlands will still handle the islands' defence and foreign policy, and at first will oversee Curaçao’s debt.
荷兰仍将负责该岛屿的国防和外交事务，首先将监督库拉索岛的债务。
And at first glance it looks the answer there gotta have to be.
乍一看，好像，答案是肯定的。
Dinner was at seven, and at first Hanna forced me to be home on time.
晚饭在七点钟，开始时汉娜催我准时回家。
I picked up the doll and at first thought, "Wow! A singing doll... how cool!"
我把娃娃拿起来，心想“是个会唱歌的娃娃哪，太酷了！”
He put a finger to his lips, and at first I thought that he meant me to keep quiet.
他把一根手指放在嘴唇上，起先我以为他在示意我不要出声。
The purchases are meant to drive down long-term interest rates, and at first they did.
联储意在以大收购来压低长期利率，起初也确实做到了。
Clara was thirty-five and at first she wasn't keen on the idea, but she gave in, and they had a child.
克拉拉已经三十五岁了，她先是拒绝了要孩子的建议，可后来她作出了让步，他们生了个孩子。
His or her "play" is to always complain about QoS, and at first the service provider improves this dimension.
他或她的“策略”是总是抱怨QoS，起先服务提供者会改进这一维度。
The features of Illinois are not striking; they do not leap to the eye but lie flat and at first appear monotonous.
伊利·诺伊的地貌平平常常，没有引人注目之处。平坦的地势，初初看来单调乏味。
He tore open the envelope and at first thought it was empty. Then he noticed a single white feather had fallen from it.
他撕开信封，最初还以为里面空无一物，随后才发现有一根从信封中飘落的洁白羽毛。
It had stunk for several days, and at first I'd thought I was imagining the fishy odor, but it had become more pronounced.
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。
He was born into a cycle of poverty that his parents were both from, and at first it's the kind of poverty that one can be content in.
他出身是由于父母的贫困出身，这还算一种差强人意的贫困。
It appeared in English about the same time as pest, just a little earlier, and at first meant to entangle or to set up a barrier to progress.
它和pest大约在同一时间出现在英语当中，还要稍微更早一些，一开始的意思是“缠绕”或者“设置障碍阻挠进程”。
Seeming anomalies like these are troublesome, and at first glance, it may seem better to return to the "Key it my way or else" method of programming.
像这样的异常看起来很麻烦，乍看上去，返回编程的“Keyitmywayorelse”似乎更好。
And at first glance, it does look like the story of a nasty big American corporation polluting a poor country and then refusing to pay for the damage.
乍一看，这确实像是一家声名狼藉的美国公司对一个贫困国家造成了污染，之后又拒绝为其破坏行为买单的故事。
So investment banks took their enormous capital and at first packaged yield-enhanced, subprime mortgage loans into complex derivatives such as collateralized debt obligations (CDOs).
因此投资银行斥巨资提高了首次包装上市的水平，并把次级抵押贷款放到了诸如债务抵押债券（CDOs）等复杂金融衍生品上。
And at first glance this seems like bad news: If we need these areas for the complex task of entering the world, why aren't they running at full speed when the challenges are most daunting?
乍一看，这好像是个坏消息：如果我们在进入社会时需要这些区域来执行复杂任务，那么为什么面临最大挑战时它们却不能全速应战呢？
At your first meeting, explain simply and directly what you hope to achieve.
第一次会面时，简明扼要、直截了当地说明你希望达到什么目标。
At first we spoke in hushed voices and crept about in order not to alarm them.
起先我们说话时压低声音，走路蹑手蹑脚的，以免惊动他们。
She married at 17 and gave birth to her first child shortly thereafter.
她17岁结婚，之后不久便生了第一个孩子。
He broke through the pain barrier at 25 kilometres and went on to win his first marathon.
他克服了25公里时的痛苦极限，进而赢得了他的第一个马拉松冠军。
At first we'll have breakfast, and then we'll walk to school.
我们先吃早饭，然后步行去学校。
The city might be grim at first, but there is a vibrancy and excitement.
这个城市也许一开始沉闷，但它有一种活力和激情。
At first I kept cool and unemotional, then I began to cry.
开始时我保持镇定，不表露感情，然后我开始哭了。
Two-thirds of candidates fail at this first hurdle and are sent home.
2/3的候选人未能通过这第一关，被打发回家了。
At first I felt very resentful and angry about losing my job.
起初,我对丢掉工作感到非常怨恨和恼怒。
At first I felt very resentful and angry about losing my job.
起初,我对丢掉工作感到非常怨恨和恼怒。
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