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

• In the first place, it's not in that direction.
  首先，不是这个方向。
• What brought you to Washington in the first place?
  最初是什么让你来到华盛顿的？
• 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, 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 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。
• You and your people were the reason we came here in the first place.
  你和你的人民是我们来这里的首要原因。
• I don't think we should have been there in the first place.
  我认为我们从一开始就不该在那儿。
• You should never have acted the way you did in the first place.
  当初你就不该这么做。
• Why did you choose the basketball in the first place?
  你为何首先选择篮球呢？
• 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。