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。
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。
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 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。
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。
She learned to play the instrument when she was a small child and gave her first public recital at age 9.
当她还是个小孩子的时候，就学会了演奏乐器，并在9岁时举行了她的第一次公开独奏会。
All the students had their teeth X-rayed at the end of the first and second years.
所有的学生都在一年级和二年级结束时做了牙齿X 光检查。
He was an orphan, and he had no family, and he was on his first long voyage at sea.
他是孤儿、没有家人，这是他首次出海远航。
Score lightly at first and then repeat, scoring deeper each time until the board is cut through.
先轻轻地划一下，然后反复划，一次比一次划得深些，直到木板被完全割开。
He looked appealingly, first at one and then another of the lords about him, and tears came into his eyes.
他先是恳求地看了看身边的一个勋爵，然后又看了看另一个勋爵，泪水涌上了他的眼睛。
Wendy and Michael fitted their trees at the first try, but John had to be altered a little.
温迪和迈克尔第一次就把他们的圣诞树安装好了，但约翰不得不稍作改动。
I think about the five days of pure rain, where people were soggy at the first night and it only got worse.
我想到了那次连续五天的瓢泼大雨，人们在第一天晚上都湿透了，状况越来越糟。
So let me tell you about one green marketing campaign that failed at first and explain why.
所以，让我告诉你一个一开始失败了的绿色营销活动以及原因。
Soap operas and variety shows were at first available only with a time delay, but in July, TU struck a deal with MBC to provide a live feed.
肥皂剧和综艺节目一开始只能延迟播出，但在7月，TU与MBC 达成协议，提供现场直播。
The new partnership will be established at first in Guyana, India, Malawi, Nigeria and Zambia.
新的伙伴关系将首先在圭亚那、印度、马拉维、尼日利亚和赞比亚建立。
Heidi at first stood still, and then, running right and left, she returned to the old man.
海蒂先是站着不动，然后东跑西窜，最后回到老人身边。
At first, the robin watched Mary and Colin with sharp anxiety.
起初，知更鸟非常焦虑地看着玛丽和科林。
At first, the Little Man petted and caressed them and smoothed down their hairy coats.
一开始，矮个子抚摸它们，抚平它们的毛。
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