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
- 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。 - 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。 - That's all well and good, but how do we find those applications in the first place?
这简直棒极了，但首先我们如何查找那些应用程序？ - Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 - 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。 - 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。 - It was a shooting star that propelled me into astronomy in the first place
最初是一颗流星促使我从事天文学。 - 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。 - Why did you choose the basketball in the first place?
你为何首先选择篮球呢？ - In the first place, it's not in that direction.
首先，不是这个方向。