起初

I didn't like her firstly,but now she is one of my best friends.

起初我并不喜欢她，现在她已经是我最好的朋友之一了。

Seeing the haloes around Mary's head and Jesus, we assume that this is a religious image. But wait: the three "wise men" from the east (Persian magi, priestly astrologers) are there, as we expect -- but two of them are having a fistfight! What on earth is going on?

起初，看到环绕在玛利亚头部和耶稣身体周围的光环的时候，我们可能会想这是一幅宗教画，但是等等，虽说东方来的三位"智者"（即波斯的三位博士———神职占星家）如我们预料的那样也在画里，但其中的两个正在一起厮打，究竟发生了什么事？

It begins fleetingly,but it deepens and endures.

也许起初会极为不易，但是随着时间的推移。

At first it is difficult to tell whether this comes from a sense of power or from a knowledge of the lack of it, but that firm and fleshless jaw, that ascetic face and keen eye, show there must be reserve strength, that there can be no lack of power, should lie wish to exert it.

起初，很难讲这种超脱究竟是由于对力量的感受，还是由于感受到了力量的缺乏而产生的，但是那坚定而瘦削的下颌、那禁欲的神情和敏锐的目光显示出肯定有力量的蕴藏——只要有意施展，决不会缺乏力量。

At their first get-together at the Café Flore花神咖啡馆—where Sartre and Beauvoir波娃 worked, kept warm, ate, and socialized—the three started off awkwardly.

起初，在花神咖啡馆—萨特和波娃一起工作、取暖、就食和与社会各界人士交流的地方—他们三人在一起还颇为尴尬。

The Freedom of Information Act, four years old this month, was supposed to eliminate such foot-dragging.

截至本月，《信息自由法案》的实施已达四年。起初，英国政府制定这一法案的目的就是为了消除政府部门的拖拉现象。

My college time had gone through a stretch of darkness—of course not rambling but just a particularly footsore sort of gait—which lasted for whole four years.

我的大学时代，不妨说是在一片隐晦之中穿行而过的。之所以这么说，是因为我在起初的所谓的大学生活中丝毫体会不到任何的乐趣。

At first he had been accustomed to foregather in the evening with the painters, writers, and such like who met in the little tavern near the Piazza , but presently he withdrew himself, for his absorption in his studies became more pressing.

起初，他惯于在黄昏时分到市场附近的一个小酒店去和聚在那里的画家、作家等文人墨客共同消磨一段时光，但不久以后，他就深居简出了，因为研究工作日趋紧张，使他抽不出时间。

At first we thought those saplings had been planted by the foresters.

起初，我们都认为那些年轻的树木是森林工作者补种的。

At first, I got really excited because I found that the Form class has an Opacity member.

起初，我都非常兴奋，因为我发现，表类有一个不透明的成员。

In the United States, chronic alcoholism and hepatitis C are the most common ones.

在美国，慢性酒精中毒，肝炎是最常见的。

If you have any questions, you can contact me anytime.

如果有任何问题，你可以随时联系我。