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'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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - You should never have acted the way you did in the first place.
当初你就不该这么做。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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? - In the first place, it's not in that direction.
首先,不是这个方向。 - 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?