ADV [ADVERB with verb]起初;原来 When you say what happened or was the case originally, you are saying what happened or was the case when something began or came into existence, often to contrast it with what happened later. 起初;原来
The plane has been kept in service far longer than originally intended.
这架飞机已经超期服役很长时间了。
France originally refused to sign the treaty.
最初法国拒绝签署该条约。
The castle was originally surrounded by a triple wall, only one of which remains.