柯林斯詞典start out (starting,started,starts) 1. PHRASAL VERB If someone or something starts out as a particular thing, they are that thing at the beginning although they change later. 起初是 Daly was a fast-talking Irish-American who had started out as a salesman. 戴利是個巧舌如簧的愛爾蘭裔美國人，他起初是個推銷員。2. PHRASAL VERB If you start out by doing something, you do it at the beginning of an activity. 以 (做某事) 開始 I'm careful to start out by saying clearly what I want. 我小心地以清楚地說出自己想要的東西開始。 返回 start out