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, 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 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。 - Why did you choose the basketball in the first place?
你为何首先选择篮球呢？ - Looking to the future, though, we asked him what the prospects are for a vaccine to prevent infection in the first place.
不过，展望未来，我们问到他研制出防止感染的疫苗究竟有多大的可能性。 - In the first place you are not old and in the second place you are a very attractive man
首先你不老，其次你是个富有魅力的男人。 - I was mad to have hired her in the first place.
我首先雇了她算是傻透了。 - 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。 - In the first place, it's not in that direction.
首先，不是这个方向。 - 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。 - 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。