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
  1. this is primarily a question of economics
  2. it was in the first place a local matter
  Synonym:primarily
• before now
  1. why didn't you tell me in the first place?
  Synonym:earlierin the beginningto begin withoriginally

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？