起初

HERE was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid.

有一只绒布兔子，起初它确实很漂亮。它是胖胖的，有成团的绒毛。

In that brief period of "shock and awe" when Americans were from Mars, their Venutian allies were lucky to get invited to the show (indeed, in Afghanistan some "old" Europeans were initially turned away).

美国人从火星回来后，在那个"震惊与敬畏"的简短时间里，他们的 Venutian 盟友们有幸受邀参加阿富汗的表演（事实上，在阿富汗起初是拒绝了一些"老"欧洲人的）。

At first skeptical of what value Vesper can provide

起初怀疑什么价值Vesper公司可以提供

After a poor start he also took a shine to New Zealand's Bernard Freyberg, a general with 27 war wounds and a Victoria Cross, who was described by a contemporary as "a red-necked thug who ate two Germans for breakfast".

身背27处战伤、荣膺维多利亚十字勋章、还被当时人们戏谑"早饭能吃下两个德国人的红脖子恶汉"的新西兰师师长弗赖伯格虽然起初同他关系并不融洽，但之后也开始称兄道弟。

Like other tyrannies, the tyranny of the majority was at first, and is still vulgarly, held in dread, chiefly as operating through the acts of the public authorities.

和他种暴虐一样，这个多数的暴虐之可怕，人们起初只看到，现在一般俗见仍认为，主要在于它会通过公共权威的措施而起作用。

The secretary of the Province of New Netherland, writing in Dutch, in 1650, for the information of those who wished to take up land there, states more particularly that those in New Netherland, and especially in New England, who have no means to build farmhouses at first according to their wishes, dig a square pit in the ground, cellar fashion, six or seven feet deep, as long and as broad as they think proper, case the earth inside with wood all round the wall, and line the wood with the bark of trees or something else to prevent the caving in of the earth; floor this cellar with plank, and wainscot it overhead for a ceiling, raise a roof of spars clear up, and cover the spars with bark or green sods, so that they can live dry and warm in these houses with their entire families for two, three, and four years, it being understood that partitions are run through those cellars which are adapted to the size of the family.

一六五0年，新尼德兰州州秘书长用荷兰文写过一段话，更加详细地告诉预备往那里移居的人说，在新尼特兰的人，特别在新英格兰的人，起初是无法按他们的愿望建造农舍的，他们在地上挖个方方的地窖似的、六七英尺深的坑，长短随便他们自己，然后在墙壁上装上木板，挡住泥土，用树皮合缝，以免泥土落下来，当然也有用了别种材料的，还用木板铺了地板，做了天花板，架起了一个斜桁的屋顶，铺上树皮或绿草皮，这样他们全家可以很温暖很干燥地在里面住上两年、三年，或者四年，可以想象，这些地窖中，还隔出了一些小房间，这要看家里的人口数目了。

The secretary of the Province of New Netherland,(22) writing in Dutch, in 1650, for the information of those who wished to take up land there, states more particularly that those in New Netherland, and especially in New England, who have no means to build farmhouses at first according to their wishes, dig a square pit in the ground, cellar fashion, six or seven feet deep, as long and as broad as they think proper, case the earth inside with wood all round the wall, and line the wood with the bark of trees or something else to prevent the caving in of the earth; floor this cellar with plank, and wainscot it overhead for a ceiling, raise a roof of spars clear up, and cover the spars with bark or green sods, so that they can live dry and warm in these houses with their entire families for two, three, and four years, it being understood that partitions are run through those cellars which are adapted to the size of the family.

一六五0年，新尼特兰州州秘书长用荷兰文写过一段话，更加详细地告诉预备往那里移居的人说，在新尼特兰的人，特别在新英格兰的人，起初是无法按他们的愿望建造农舍的，他们在地上挖个方方的地窖似的、六七英尺深的坑，长短随便他们自己，然后在墙壁上装上木板，挡住泥土，用树皮合缝，以免泥土落下来，当然也有用了别种材料的，还用木板铺了地板，做了天花板，架起了一个斜桁的屋顶，铺上树皮或绿草皮，这样他们全家可以很温暖很干燥地在里面住上两年、三年，或者四年，可以想象，这些地窖中，还隔出了一些小房间，这要看家里的人口数目了。

At first, he'll get a little short with a waiter who flirts with you. Then he'll be exasperated by how long you and the postmaster discuss the rising price of stamps. When he points out that you and your brother hug too long to be appropriate or that your gynecologist is a lesbian and obviously has the hots for you, it's time to give him his walking papers.

起初，他只是跟对你飞媚眼的小侍者有小小的冲突，然后他会斤斤计较您与一位邮政局女局长讨论邮票上涨价格问题所用时间的长短，接下来他会指责你跟你兄弟拥抱时间过长或者会说你的妇产科女医师是个同性恋并且明显对你热情过度，所有这些都是一种警示，你该让他走人了。

Although I believe I put together a good weight-lifting plan initially, it wasn't a perfect plan.

虽然起初我认为我拟定了一个不错的增重计划，其实那并不是一个完美的计划。

The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam's first sin, the want of original righteousness, and the corruption of his whole nature, which is commonly called Original Sin, together with all actual transgressions which proceeds from it.

答：人堕落至罪恶状态中，其罪恶在於：亚当初次犯罪的罪咎，起初仁义的丧失，人性全然的败坏，还有人本身从罪性而发出的一切过犯。

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！