开始或导致（某事）以指定的方式开始：他通过介绍自己开始了。她以慢跑开始（她的跑步）。表演开始得很糟糕。
在开始时具有指定的品质、身份、工作等：她起初是一个销售助理，但现在是市场总监。
开始人生或职业生涯的重要阶段：这所房子非常适合刚开始的夫妇。
开始朝着特定的地方或方向移动：她吃完早餐后就开始上班了。
使（某人）开始进行特定的活动或行动：他让女儿开始学钢琴。游戏节目主持人给她一些简单的问题开始。
start off // [ starting started starts ]
动词词组 If you start off by doing something, you do it as the first part of an activity. 以…开始
She started off by accusing him of blackmail but he more or less ignored her.
她以指控他敲诈勒索开始，但他基本上没理会她。
动词词组 To start someone off means to cause them to begin doing something. 使 (某人) 开始 (做某事)
Her mother started her off acting in children's theatre.
她母亲让她开始在儿童剧院表演。
动词词组 To start something off means to cause it to begin. 使 (某事) 开始
He became more aware of the things that started that tension off.
他对造成那些紧张气氛的因素更加清楚了。
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... die off 相继死去，一个个死掉；绝种；顺次枯死；(声音等)逐渐消失 start off出发;开始 in search of寻找 ...
这些工厂刚开办时资本很小，在最近几年里都有了很大的 start off出发，动身；开始 When shall we start off?我们什么时候出发?
这些工厂刚开办时资本很小，在最近几年里都有了很大的 start off出发，动身；开始 When shall we start off?我们什么时候出发?
Start Off(上路), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
We usually start off with the more affordable methods.
我们通常从更便宜的方法开始。
It's such a pity if you start off on a bright tone on a story and suddenly realize you are talking about some people having been killed in a road crash.
如果你以欢快的嗓音开始播报新闻，但却突然意识到那是一篇致人死亡的交通事故的报道时，那就太遗憾了。
Because it's such a pity if you start off on a bright tone on a story and suddenly realize you are talking about some people having been killed in a road crash.
因为如果你一开始用欢快的语调讲一个故事，然后突然意识到你讲的是一些在车祸中丧生的人，这是很遗憾的。
"We start off by asking them to complete a national three-hour long educational program.
VOA : special.2011.07.29
I start off, either I take this path and carry on, or I take that path and carry on, but each box, if you like, gets touched exactly once.
程序开始后，或者采取这条路径然后继续，或者采取那条路径然后继续，但是每个图形，如果你喜欢这么说的话。
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We're going to talk about various aspects of food and I'd like to start off with a little pop quiz.
我们将讨论有关食品的方方面面,我将以一个小测验来开始这门课
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Everybody wants to go for a wonderful hike and start off with fresh air and all the things we're going to have in our lives the whole next year.
VOA : special.2009.12.28
Ball says adults should start off with exercises at the base of the pyramid, like walking or climbing stairs.
VOA : standard.2010.02.26
Start off at Thailand Plaza (www.thailandplazala.com), a market next to a kitchy, Oriental-looking tower.
The year 2009 ended well for me though it didn't start off very well.
But I want you to start off by telling us how they diagnose the current crisis.