起初

"We are made partaker of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end."

"我们若将起初确实的信心，坚持到底，就在基督里有分了"（来3：14）。

At first, Truman was almost paralysed by the immensity of his task and the paucity of his experience.

是一个较客气的判断。起初，杜鲁门在巨大的任务面前，仅凭极少的经验显得无助。

The original feminine meaning is correct, but the symbolism of the pentacle has been distorted over the millennia.

它起初的女性含义是正确的，但一千年来，五芒星的象征意义被歪曲了，人们还为此流过血。

Originally the government is the only generative perceiver of small towns in China, with more political direction than economic one.

中国小城镇发动主体起初只有政府一家，所以政治指向多于经济指向，这种单一的发动主体容易使小城镇发展出现"大起大落"的进程。

As Ward tells it, Fuld first tried to recruit Joe Perella, the mergers and acquisitions maven, to build up Lehman's weaker investment banking side, but Pettit proved an obstacle.

沃德写道，起初，富尔德想聘请并购专家乔佩雷拉，帮助增强雷曼相对较弱的投行业务，但佩蒂成了障碍。

Pfeiffer: At first she was very hesitant to have us do this.

普菲费尔：起初，她显得非常犹豫。

He said:"Originally, we can not find a piece of land can now pick and choose the."

他说： "起初，我们无法找到一块土地现在可以选择的。"

Nowadays the management is followed by the sons, Aldo and Luigi and their families who, over the years, have widened the estates by buying farms in the Langhe and vineyards in the best positions among the areas of production of the most classical and prestigious Piedmontese wines.

起初，他一个人开着小货车在Piemonte和Liguria利古利亚地区挨家挨户地推广自己的葡萄酒。直到今天，他的孩子Aldo和Luigi还在传递着古老的葡萄酒生产技术，通过他们多年的努力，Manfredi庄园开始在Langhe朗格地区慢慢地扩张。

The master molds are first made of wood or plaster of Paris.

主要的模具起初是木制的或是巴黎石膏制成的。

The oil flowed plentifully at first, but ''.

起初石油大量涌出，但''。

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！