start off

phrasal verb

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start off

to begin to move开始活动；动身
- The horse started off at a steady trot.马稳步小跑起来。
to begin happening; to begin doing something进行（或开展）起来
- The discussion started off mildly enough.讨论颇为温和地开展起来。
to begin by doing or being something首先进行；一开始是
- Let's start off with some gentle exercises.我们先来做点强度低的运动。
- We started off by introducing ourselves.我们一开始先自我介绍。
- We'll start off by doing some warm-up exercises.我们从热身练习开始。
- + adj. The leaves start off green but turn red later.树叶起先是绿色，到后来会变红。
- start off doing something I started off working quite hard, but it didn't last.我一开始非常勤奋，但没有坚持下去。

start something off

to begin doing something; to make something begin首先进行；一开始是
- Let's start off the discussion by defining what we mean by ‘software architecture’.让我们从定义什么是“软件架构”开始讨论。
- How are we going to start everything off?我们要怎么开始一切？

start somebody off (on something)

[no passive] to make somebody begin doing something使开始（做某事）
- What started her off on that crazy idea?她怎么会有那样古怪的念头呢？
- Don't say anything to her—you'll start her off again (= make her get angry).什么也别跟她说，不然你又要惹她生气了。
- start somebody off doing something Kevin started us all off laughing.凯文把我们大家都逗笑了。
to help somebody begin doing something帮助某人开始（做某事）
- My mother started me off on the piano when I was three.三岁时我母亲就让我开始练钢琴了。
- start somebody off doing something His father started him off farming.他父亲指点他做农活儿。