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年改革开放之初，我受瑞士一家企业的委托，第一次来到中国，筹办中外合资企业。
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年四川汶川大地震进一步凸显了我国地震风险补偿机制的不足，从而在一开始就给灾后重建留下了难题。
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.
梅德韦杰夫说，两人之前就已经商量好了，在合作之初，就已经把未来设计好了。

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.
那我们这学期初要做些什么呢？,经过一些必要的训练,让我们迅速褪去无知，变得更加充实，我们会提供自己的库。
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Now, this research suggests that infants' understanding of the physical world is there from the very start, but at the same time not entirely.
这个研究表明,婴儿从出生,就对物质世界有所理解,但同时这种理解并不完善
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The ideas we hatched at the very start of our new agency are presented in my new book Uprising.
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