At first he thought it must be a very hard tree root.

At first we thought that seems so expected, he says.

最开始我们觉得，Rachel和Ross修成正果这样的结局可能会更加符合大家的期待，他说。

And at first I thought we were playing a game.

一开始我以为我们在玩游戏。

At first I thought, it just takes time.

一开始我想，过一段时间就好了。

At first I thought there was no one in the room.

起初，我以为房间里没有人。

At first he thought he could not do it.

起初他觉得自己做不来。

At first we thought he wanted friends of his own kind, but then we began to understand that there was a different reason.

开始我们以为他是想念自己的朋友，后来我们才意识到还有别的原因。

At first I thought she was really looking at the fruits because she was facing them.

一开始我真的以为她在看水果，因为她的脸是正对着哪些水果的。

At first I thought it was an accident, but as far as I can make out, the police consider that's unlikely.

起先我还以为是一场意外，但是据我了解，警方认为那不太可能。

At first I thought he was rather ordinary looking, a little chubby, not my type

刚开始我认为他相貌很普通，有点胖乎乎的，并非我喜欢的类型。

I picked up the doll and at first thought, "Wow! A singing doll... how cool!!" I then turned the doll over onto it's front, and undid the back of the dress. I checked to see if there was some kind of battery station or switch.

我把娃娃拿起来，心想“是个会唱歌的娃娃哪，太酷了！！”我将娃娃翻过来，将它背后的衣服解开，想找找看有没有什么安电池的地方或者开关之类的。

Captain Baker at first thought he was in the presence of an unknown reef; he was even about to fix its exact position when two waterspouts shot out of this inexplicable object and sprang hissing into the air some 150 feet.

巴克船长起初还以为这是没有人知道的、暗礁，他正要测定它的位置的时候，突然这个不可解释的物体喷出两道水柱，哗的一声射到空中一百五十英尺高。

These were at first thought to be Allied aircraft returning to base, but they turned out to be26 of Germany's most feared dive bombers intent on "getting" the Foylebank.

大家以为那只是盟军飞机返回基地，不料却是二十六架德国最可怕的俯冲轰炸机，而且是以福伊尔班克号为目标。

However odd and repulsive underground living may seem at first thought, there seems much to be said for imaging whole cities moving down and building our houses underground.

尽管地下生活乍想起来多么古怪，又不那么令人喜欢，但似乎有许多理由设想把整座城市搬到地下去，在地下建造我们的房屋。

He tore open the envelope and at first thought it was empty. Then he noticed a single white feather had fallen from it.

他撕开信封，最初还以为里面空无一物，随后才发现有一根从信封中飘落的洁白羽毛。

The editor and staff of the newspaper at first thought that the two figures most of their readers would choose would be Jesus Christ and Shakespeare.

起先，报纸的编辑和工作人员以为大多数读者会选的两个人是耶稣基督和莎士比亚。

Tseng chia-chu, hugging the ground, at first thought it was all up with him.

曾家驹伏在地上，最初以为自己是死了；

I picked up the doll and at first thought," Wow! A singing doll* how cool!!"

我把娃娃拿起来，心想“是个会唱歌的娃娃哪，太酷了！！”

People at first thought that the Governor of New York would throw his hat in the ring.

这句话是说：「人们开始都以为纽约州州长科莫会参加竞选。

She had not at first thought very seriously of going thither;

开头她并不是真想去；

It may not seem a palatable suggestion, at first thought.

这一建议似乎并不可取，乍一想来。