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
- this is primarily a question of economics
- it was in the first place a local matter
- before now
- why didn't you tell me in the first place?
双语例句
- In the first place you must rev it up to warm the engine.
首先你必须让发动机转起来预热。 - That is why we should not have fallen into the quagmire in the first place.
所以我们首先就不能陷入泥潭。 - Well, ask yourself this question: which one is easier to move in the first place?
问下你自己这个问题：那一个首先比较容易移动？ - I ordered them to this world in the first place.
我命令他们首先进入这个世界。 - This may have something to do with who is "in the room" in the first place.
这可能首先与谁“在那个房间里”有关。 - You should never have acted the way you did in the first place.
当初你就不该这么做。 - What brought you to Washington in the first place?
最初是什么让你来到华盛顿的？ - What can I tell you? You shouldn't have been riding it in the first place.
你要我怎么说呢？你首先就不应该骑摩托车。 - Why was I going to the post office in the first place?
我首先为什么要去邮局来着？ - 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。