1、start out
起初是…
Daly was a fast-talking Irish-American who had started out as a salesman.
达利是个花言巧语的爱尔兰裔美国人,最初是干推销员的。
What started out as fun quickly became hard work.
起初好玩的事很快就变成了艰苦的工作。
从…开始;从…着手
We started out by looking at ways in which big projects such as railways could be financed by the private sector.
我们先研究了让私营企业投资铁路等大型项目的方式。
The child'll start out by making relatively few distinctions in the language.
孩子开始时不太能辨别语言中的差别。
2、contact
(尤指经常性的)联系,联络
Opposition leaders are denying any contact with the government in Kabul.
反对派领袖否认与喀布尔政府有任何联系。
He forbade contacts between directors and executives outside his presence.
他禁止董事与管理层绕开他私下进行任何联系。
接触;遇见
Doctors I came into contact with voiced their concern.
我接触到的医生都表示了他们的担心。
The college has brought me into contact with western ideas.
上大学使我接触了西方的思想。
触碰;接触
They compared how these organisms behaved when left in contact with different materials.
他们比较了与不同材料接触时这些生物体的反应。
The cry occurs when air is brought into contact with the baby's larynx.
婴儿的喉咙接触到空气时,就会哭出来。