起初

It was originally produced with stored energy up to ten joules or so.

起初设计的是储存约10焦耳以上的能量。

At first, we could see our group members, but ten minutes later, all scattered, it was hard to find a familiar face since all wore alike - the same life vests, kneecaps and helmets.

起初，我们还可以看到本团的人，但十分钟后，都散开了，很难再看到熟悉的面孔，因为大家都穿得相似——同样的救生衣、护膝和头盔。

Originally grapes themselves were thought to be the only source of this class of compounds in wine, but recent research has shown that invasive Asian lady beetles (also known as Harlequin ladybirds) are also involved in the process.

起初，认为这类化合物只是来之葡萄本身，但是最近研究表明外来的亚洲瓢虫也与这一类物质有关。

Initially, the land was mostly rock and ice. This slowlyaltered to today's picture as vegetation emerged.

起初，陆地上大多是岩石和冰，后来，随着植被的出现，才形成了今天的地球。

He opened his new law office, but business was very slow at first

但是，起初他的事务所并没有什么业务。

His ministry as deacon appears to have been mostly among the Hellenist converts with whom the Apostles were at first less familiar; and the fact that the opposition he met with sprang up in the synagogues of the "Libertines"(probably the children of Jews taken captive to Rome by Pompey in 63 BC and freed hence the name Libertini), and "of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them that were of Cilicia and Asia" shows that he usually preached among the Hellenist Jews.

他的部作为执事似乎已大多之间hellenist转换成与之使徒保罗起初不太熟悉；事实，那就是反对他会见摆出来，在犹太教会堂的& libertines &（可能是孩子们的犹太人采取圈养罗马由pompey在63公元前获释因此得名利伯蒂尼），和&的cyrenians ，该alexandrians ，以及他们分别的基利家和亚洲&，表明他通常会鼓吹之间hellenist犹太人。

At first, Max Sanders' diary seems like any other entry on a teenager's blog but closer reading reveals an incredible adventure story...James Sanders is a professor of history who becomes obsessed by the need to recover the long-sundered hide of a fantastical creature, its separate parts strewn in sacred sites and hidden temples throughout the world.

中文概要：起初，麦克斯·桑德斯的日记看起来就和其他所有青少年的一样，但随著渐渐深入的阅读，一个难以置信的冒险故事浮现出来…詹姆斯·桑德斯是一名历史学教授，对於复原那些科幻生物有著极大地热情，而达成此目的，则需找寻散落在世界各地隐蔽庙宇中的碎片。

In an interesting twist on group polarization, some liberal bloggers, who had initially not been keen on Sunstein's nomination, decided at this point that it must be O.K.; as one of them put it,"If Glenn Beck and the other loons are against him, how bad could he be?"

在组群对立中发生了一次有趣的转变，一些自由民主党的博主起初并不渴望桑斯坦能够得到提名，而现在却认为提名桑斯坦还是能说的过去的；就像他们中的一位说道，&如果格伦。贝克和其他傻瓜抵制他的话，那么他又能有多糟糕呢？&

From its baptism of fire when it hunted down and destroyed no less than three Ork Onslaughts with a single salvo of missiles to its most recent encounter with the Dauntless class cruiser Jarrall's Bane when its Mantas got inside the Imperial vessels shields and set it ablaze the Khas'a'tah has enjoyed unrivalled success.

从起初的战火洗礼中她追上并以只是一次导弹齐射击毁起码三艘Ork Onslaught到她最近与不惧级轻巡洋舰Jarrall's Bane的遭受际遇战中她的曼塔机队加入帝国军舰的护盾内并使之生机，Jarrall's Bane得到了毋庸置疑的胜利。

The groundhog, or woodchuck, is one of 14 species of marmots.

一日路过窗户，偶然发现这个东西，起初以为是猫或兔子。

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！