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
- 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。 - 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。 - In the first place you must rev it up to warm the engine.
首先你必须让发动机转起来预热。 - 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？ - What brought you to Washington in the first place?
最初是什么让你来到华盛顿的？ - 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？ - 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。 - I ordered them to this world in the first place.
我命令他们首先进入这个世界。 - 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。 - 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。