in the first place

英 [ɪn ðə fɜːst pleɪs]

美 [ɪn ðə fɜːrst pleɪs]

起初; 一开始; （用于列举事项）第一，首先; （用于强调）首要的是

英英释义

adv

• of primary import
  1. this is primarily a question of economics
  2. it was in the first place a local matter
  Synonym:primarily
• before now
  1. why didn't you tell me in the first place?
  Synonym:earlierin the beginningto begin withoriginally

双语例句

• In the first place, it's not in that direction.
  首先，不是这个方向。
• I hear an echo of the thinking that got us into this mess in the first place
  我听到有人重提那个最先使我们陷入这一困境的想法。
• What brought you to Washington in the first place?
  最初是什么让你来到华盛顿的？
• In the first place, it is a good way to lead you through the crowd.
  首先，这是一个非常好带着你穿过人群的方法。
• I'm amazed they had the cheek to ask in the first place
  我真惊讶他们当初竟然有脸问。
• If we could predict the evolution of markets, we would not need markets in the first place.
  如果我们可以预测市场将如何演进，那我们也就不需要市场了。
• If I only knew this I wouldn't live with you in the first place.
  如果早知道我就不跟你住一起了。
• This is the whole reason I got suckered into the2000 Passat in the first place.
  这是我被2000年车型的帕萨特快整疯了的主要原因。
• I don't think we should have been there in the first place.
  我认为我们从一开始就不该在那儿。
• She could not have taken these massive doses orally. In the first place, she did not have enough pills.
  她不可能口服这么大的剂量，因为她根本没有足够的药丸了。