start out

始める、始まる

活動を始めることや、仕事や人生の最初の段階に入ること。

やさしい英語で： To begin an activity or enter the first stage of your work or life.

• We started out with little money.
• She started out teaching children.
• Did you start out as a waiter?

使い方： start out as someone (She started out as a nurse.); start out doing something (He started out selling fruit.)

類義語： begin, start

反対語： finish

よく使う表現： start out small, start out as someone, start out doing something

飛び出す、突然現れる

ある場所から急に飛び出したり、隠れた場所から突然現れたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To suddenly move out from a place or appear from somewhere hidden.

• A fox started out from the bushes.
• Two men started out from the shadows and blocked the path.
• She cried out when a figure started out of the doorway.

使い方： start out from something (A figure started out from behind the curtain.)

類義語： jump out, spring out, emerge

よく使う表現： start out suddenly, start out from somewhere, figures start out

際立つ、目立つ

形や色、周囲との違いによって、はっきり目立つようになること。

やさしい英語で： To become easy to notice because of a clear shape, colour, or difference from the surroundings.

• The red letters start out clearly.
• As the light changed, the carved figures started out against the wall.
• The mountain's outline started out sharply against the pale sky.

使い方： start out against something (The white letters started out against the dark stone.)

類義語： stand out, become conspicuous

よく使う表現： start out clearly, start out sharply, features start out