看美剧学英语高频短语：For starters

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For starters: Used to say that something is the first in a list of things; People say for starters to introduce the first thing or things in a series of things. As in "Why did you decide not to go to the concert?" "Well, for starters, the tickets were ridiculously expensive."

中文释义：For starters，在美语口语中经常用到。它的意思相当于：to begin with，to start with，即：首先，以…开始。这个短语常用来：先列举一件事，暗示后面还有很多类似的事，这只是刚刚开始。单从字面来看，for starters容易让人误理解为：对于新手而言。但其实它并不具有该层含义，大家在使用中应当注意。例句:These prizes are just for starters. Other exciting offers are flooding in（这些奖只是个开始。其他激动人心的奖励还会接踵而至。）