start out ( starting, started, starts )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If someone or something starts out as a particular thing, they are that thing at the beginning although they change later. 起初是

  例：

  Daly was a fast-talking Irish-American who had started out as a salesman.

  戴利是个巧舌如簧的爱尔兰裔美国人，他起初是个推销员。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you start out by doing something, you do it at the beginning of an activity. 以 (做某事) 开始

  例：

  I'm careful to start out by saying clearly what I want.

  我小心地以清楚地说出自己想要的东西开始。