起初

At first, I lay in bed unable to sleep.

起初，我躺在床上，无法入睡。

He drinks coffee, smokes, looks out the window and looks back on his life: on the decades he spent working as the assistant to a famous theatre director; on his grandparents, German Jews, who only managed to get out of the country at the last moment; on his mother, Matild, who refused to talk about their escape to her dying day; and on friends like sculptor Ingo Licht, who was known for his exquisitely delicate objects, or Piotr, the Paris-based lawyer who made a dramatic turnaround from staunch Trotzkyist to out-andout reactionary.

伴随着咖啡与香烟，他时常遥望着窗外，并不断追忆自己逝去的往昔：他想起了过去，作为一名助理，自己与著名的剧场总监并肩奋斗的岁月；他想起了祖父母，作为生活在德国的犹太人，虎口脱险的他们在最后一刻才成功逃离了这个国家；他想起了自己的母亲Matild，直到咽下最后一口气，对于逃亡的岁月她也始终是只字不提；他又想起了许多的故人：比如雕刻家Ingo Licht，以他巧夺天工的技艺而著称于世，还有律师Piotr，起初坚定信奉着托落茨基主义，但最终却沦为了一名彻头彻尾的反革命分子… AW

Live on fishy flesh they have to, all sea birds, gulls, seagoose. Swans from Anna Liffey swim down here sometimes to preen themselves.

瞧见了吗？起初是两只，紧接着所有的海鸥都悄悄地从高处朝猎物猛扑过去，全吃光了。

At first, the young doctor, who had only managed to start business with the help of bank loans, treated her lightheartedly, but later zeroed in on her with desperation.

起初，那位年轻的大夫通过银行贷款开办这家皮肤诊所，没太把她当回事，可后来竟不顾一切地关注起她来。

As a new band of "post-Explosions In The Sky" period, Paper Canyons has the same limpidness as their seniors, and exceptional arrangement of the tracks also reminds the breath-taking and beautiful feelings of early listening experience of Post-Rock.

作为后EITS时期的美国新生代乐团Paper Canyons 有着前辈同样的清澈，不落俗套的编排也令人怀念起初听后摇时的惊艳与美好。

At first, Lindley and his wife opened a shop selling its own deployment and beverage, sales are not many.

起初，林德利和妻子开了一间小店出售自家调配的饮料，销量不是很多。

This paper analyses the inner and outer motivations of the existential construction, pointing out that the reason for the word THERE to be in the first position of an existential construction is that THERE substitutes the locative PP in the inverted English sentences.

本文首先对英语存现句的句式意义进行了细致分析和阐述，继而从认知的角度分析了英语存现句得以形成的内部理据和外部动因，指出THERE位于存现句句首起初是为了替代倒装结构中的处所短语PP，这导致了英语存现句的最终形成。

Lochia General within 42 days of clean, at first red, then colored paste, and finally the white, if you have sustained a few days in, it is recommended to see a doctor.

恶露一般42天内干净，起初是红色，然后是浆色的，最后是白色的，如果你的情况在持续几天，建议看医生。

At first they found lodgings where they could,but this led to trouble between "town and gown".

起初，他们寻找他们能够找到的住所，但这缺导致了市民和大学师生之间的纠纷。

The lyrics were originally written for a different tune in 1910 by Frederick Weatherly, an English lawyer, and were modified to fit Londonderry Air in 1913 when Weatherly was sent a copy of the tune by his sister.

这一歌词起初是由英国律师费德里克·魏舍里为另一首曲子所作。后来当他收到妹妹寄来的《伦敦德里小调》的乐谱后觉得与《丹尼少年》十分契合，便将其合并为一首歌曲。

She gently rebuff ed him, but agreed that they could be friends

她婉言拒绝了，但同意作为朋友相处。

If in the penal farm, you were sure to be criticized.

要是在劳改农场，你等着挨绳子吧！