- 起初，他不会说英语。
At first he could not speak English at all.
- 起初，神创造了天地。
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- 起初谁也不相信我。
No one believed me at first.
- 我起初不怎么喜欢摇滚音乐，不过现在喜欢上了。
At first I did not like rock music, but now I do.
- 我起初觉得广播体操很无聊，但是现在却喜欢上了。
At the beginning, I was bored with radio gymnastics, but now I do not dislike it.
