●for a ˈstart●to ˈstart with ( for ˈstartersinformal) used for giving the first of several things or reasons(用于提出一系列事情或理由中的第一条)首先,第一◆You’re not going to marry him. For a start, you’re too young. For another thing, you hardly know him. 你不能嫁给他。一来,你还太小;二来,你又不了解他。◆She wasn’t keen on the idea to start with. 她对这个主意根本就不热心。