| 词汇 | for openers |
| 释义 | Idiom for openers and for starters Theme: BEGINNINGS - INITIAL to start with. (Informal.)For openers, they played a song everyone knows.For starters, I'll serve a delicious soup. Idiom for openers as a beginning.For openers, we have a staff of 10 just to handle the billing. Related vocabulary: to begin withfor openersAs a first step; for starters. A: "I'd like to help in some way, if I can." B: "OK. For openers, you could set up chairs for the guests." for openersand for startersto start with. For openers, they played a song everyone knows. For starters, I'll serve a delicious soup. for openersAlso, for starters. To begin with. For example, Out of 50 possible jurors they eliminated 30, for openers, or She believed him, which indicated, for starters, that she was very gullible. The word starters is also used for the appetizer or first course of a meal, as in For starters we had shrimp cocktail. [Mid-1900s] for openersto start with; first of all. informalfor ˈopeners(informal, especially American English) to begin with; for a start: For openers, I don’t think his work is very original.for openersInformal To begin with: "Out of 54 potential jurors, they knocked 20 off ... just for openers" (Joseph DiMona). |
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