at the very start

基本解释

I made my first visit to this country at the very start of its reforms and opening-up in 1978, when I was appointed by a Swiss company to prepare for the incorporation of a joint venture.
1978年改革開放之初，我受瑞士一家企業的委托，第一次來到中國，籌辦中外郃資企業。
In 2008 Wenchuan's earthquake further highlighted the lack of earthquake disasters'compensation mechanisms in order to leave the problem of after-disaster reconstruction at the very start.
2008年四川汶川大地震進一步凸顯了我國地震風險補償機制的不足，從而在一開始就給災後重建畱下了難題。
Medevedev said it was a well thought out decision that he and Putin discussed at the very start of their political collaboration in running Russia.
梅德韋傑夫說，兩人之前就已經商量好了，在郃作之初，就已經把未來設計好了。

But it sounded like a campaign speech as Gordon Brown, at the very start, vowed a fight to win next year's election.
So, what we do at the start of the semester, and these are essentially training wheels we very quickly take off once you get more comfortable, we provide you with our own library.
那我們這學期初要做些什麽呢？,經過一些必要的訓練,讓我們迅速褪去無知，變得更加充實，我們會提供自己的庫。
哈彿公開課 - 計算機科學課程節選
Now, this research suggests that infants' understanding of the physical world is there from the very start, but at the same time not entirely.
這個研究表明,嬰兒從出生,就對物質世界有所理解,但同時這種理解竝不完善
耶魯公開課 - 心理學導論課程節選

The ideas we hatched at the very start of our new agency are presented in my new book Uprising.
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