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
- 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。 - Why did you choose the basketball in the first place?
你为何首先选择篮球呢？ - 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？ - And you are the only reason I showed up in the first place.
而你一直是我在这里出现的唯一原因。 - 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。 - 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 ordered them to this world in the first place.
我命令他们首先进入这个世界。 - 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。 - 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。