our natural instinct is to prioritize by urgency: we make a start on whatever’s got a hold on our attention – probably something due today or tomorrow.

我们的本性使我们会根据紧急性而区分事情：我们总是从一件吸引我们注意力的事情开始——可能是今天的事，也可能是明天的。

there was work to do, awaiting him in his room. he had better make a start on it now.

他房间里还有工作等着他去做呢，他最好现在就开始干。

someone wants to make a start whereas someone wants to finish.

有人想开始，有人却想结束。

according to the lie of the land we can either make a start on the job or wait until more people arrive tomorrow.

根据现在掌握的情况，我们既可现在开始工作，也可等到明天更多的人到达后再干。

benitez, meanwhile wants strength and experience in his midfield with javier mascherano and lucas both struggling for form and summer signing alberto aquilani yet to make a start for the reds.

同时，贝尼特斯也希望能够为哈维尔马斯切拉诺和卢卡斯苦苦支撑的中场加入力量和经验，而夏天签下的阿尔贝托阿奎拉尼还迟迟没有开始他的红军征程。

now i「m going to make a start , here i go.

如果我要去那里，我就不会从这里开始。

「i’ll make a start or else we won’t get anything done, 」 she says.

我要开始了，要不我们什么也做不了。

we」re up for it, we want wins and successes, and we want to make a start on monday.

我们準备好了，我们希望胜利和成功，同时我们希望在周一开始征程。

every morning we would make a start after our bread and milk, and before sunset take shelter for the night in the next staging bungalow.

每天早晨，我们饮完牛奶、吃过面包就动身。日落之前就在下一个驿舍歇息。

but the rome meeting did make a start on the longest of long-term goals: a second green revolution.

但是此次罗马峰会算是为第二次绿色革命，这一最最漫长目标开了一个头。

they could make a start by asking a member of the other party over for dinner.

邀请对立政党成员共赴宴会可能是个不错的开端。

one advantage of the crisis for spain and greece is that they have been forced to make a start on this.

西班牙和希腊危机的一项优势是它们被迫开始着手处理这种情况。

「now then, 」 said the rat presently, 「we really must pull ourselves together and make a start for home while there」s still a little light left.

「现在，」河鼠当下说，“咱们真的必须打起精神，趁天还有一丝丝亮，赶回家去。

this meeting can be the start of a patient society and at that meeting you might make a start in recruiting a committee.

会议可由患者协会发起，在会议中你就可以征募新会员并选举委员会。

but the best and simplest advice is to make a start on any important task.

但是最好也最简单的建议就是从任何重要的任务开始。

i don't know when we will be able to make a start because the whole project has gone back into the melting pot.

我不知道我们什么时候能开始，因为整个工程又回到了动蕩不安的局面。