at the start

The talks had been hard going at the start.

会谈从一开始就举步维艰。

Recent losses have cancelled out any profits made at the start of the year.

最近的亏损与年初的盈利相抵消。

Councillor Paul Tisley will be in attendance at the start of the meeting to welcome us.

议员保罗·提斯里将在会议开始时出席，以欢迎我们。

The first day of term, which seemed so far away at the start of the summer holidays, is looming.

暑假刚开始时，开学显得那么遥远，现在却近在眼前。

The excitement at the start of a race can really get the adrenalin flowing.

起跑时的激动确实能使人热血沸腾。

Each player has two bishops at the start of the game.

棋赛开始时,每名棋手有两只象.

There were about 300 million tons of grain in the fields at the start of the harvest.

收获伊始地里大概有3亿吨粮食。

It always takes the class a while to settle down at the start of the lesson.

那个班一上课总得过一会儿才能安静下来。

Most large businesses were collectivized at the start of the war.

大部分大型企业在战争初期都转为了公有。

The runners lined up at the start.

赛跑选手们在起跑点排好队.

How do you plead? (= said by the judge at the start of the trial)

你有何辩护？

Everyone was in a conciliatory mood at the start of the meeting.

会议开始时,人人都抱着和解的想法.

The players were tense at the start of the game.

队员们在比赛开始时很紧张.

The excitement at the start of a race can really get the adrenalin flowing .

起跑时的激动确实能使人热血沸腾。

Europe, with Germany literally and figuratively at its centre, is still at the start of a remarkable transformation.

以德国作为地理以及比喻意义上的中心的欧洲仍处于巨大变革的初期。

The army numbered four to five thousand at the start.

这支军队开始才有四五千人.

They invested money in the company right at the start and the gamble paid off.

他们一开始就把资金投到这家公司，结果这一冒险获得了成功。

At the start the work seemed complex, difficult, heartbreakingly slow.

开始时这件工作似乎十分复杂困难, 而且慢得令人伤心.

The runners jockeyed for position at the start.

赛跑选手力求抢占起跑有利位置。

At the start of the last over, bowled by Chris Lewis, the Welsh county were favourites.

在最后一轮由克里斯·刘易斯连续投出6个有效球之前，威尔士郡队本来胜券在握。